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Table 5 Unmet information needs* experienced by cancer survivors 65 + years

From: Relationship between income and concerns about physical changes and help-seeking by older adult cancer survivors: a secondary analysis

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< 25 K

(n = 968)**

25-50 K (n = 1,809)

50-75 K

(n = 1,023)

75 + K

(n = 999)

P

I received useful information about physical concerns (somewhat or strongly disagree)

71

(7.3%)

102

(5.6%)

70

(6.8%)

74

(7.4%)

0.52

I had to find information on my own about my physical concerns (somewhat or strongly agree)

198

(20.5%)

361

(20.0%)

209

(20.4%)

261

(26.1%)

0.002

  1. *Analysis is restricted to respondents who had at least one concern regarding a physical change
  2. **Note that the n for each income category does not correspond to number with at least one concern in Table 2 because of missing data in the information variables
  3. P-values are from the Cochran-Armitage test for trend across income categories
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BMC Geriatrics

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