| Completed (N = 42) |
---|---|
Age (mean years ± SD) | 63 ± 11 |
Race | Â |
 Caucasian | 29% |
 African American | 55% |
 Latino | 7% |
 Asian | 5% |
Primary language Spanish | 2% |
Marital status | Â |
 Married | 41% |
 Separated/divorced/widowed | 40% |
 Single | 17% |
Lives alone | 29% |
Finished college | 67% |
Working | 57% |
Retired | 40% |
Religion | Â |
 Protestant | 64% |
 Catholic | 31% |
 Daily prayer | 79% |
Time since breast cancer diagnosis (years ± SD) | 5.7 ± 5.8 |
Positive nodes | 38% |
Breast cancer treatment | Â |
 Surgery | 98% |
 Chemotherapy | 67% |
 Radiation | 55% |
 Hormonal therapy | 41% |
 Current hormonal therapy | 41% |
Previous breast cancer recurrence | 4% |
ECOG Performance Status | Â |
 Fully active | 72% |
 Limited strenuous activity | 21% |
 Ambulatory but unable to work | 7% |
EORTC cognitive | Â |
 No difficulty (2–3) | 47% |
 Some difficulty (4–5) | 41% |
 A lot of difficulty (6–8) | 12% |
Health behaviors | Â |
 Current smoker | 10% |
 Ever smoked | 38% |
Needs to cut back alcohol | 9% |
Sleep | Â |
 >6 hours a night | 63% |
 4-5 hours a night | 12% |
 <4 hours a night | 15% |
Ever meditated before | 31% |
 Few times a week to daily | 7% |
 Less than once a week | 17% |
Obese | 26% |
Comorbidity | Â |
 1-2 | 67% |
 3-4 | 26% |
 ≥5 | 7% |
 Hypertension | 36% |
 Diabetes | 26% |
 CVA | 2% |
 Asthma | 20% |
 Other cancer | 4% |
Anti-depressants | 14% |
Stressors | Â |
 Stress with health | 39% |
 Stress with relationships | 29% |
 Stress with job | 29% |
 Stress with money | 41% |
 Other stresses | 32% |
FACIT Spirituality | 38.9 ± 7.0 |
Ryff Personal Well Being Scale | Â |
 Autonomy | 44.6 ± 6.5 |
 Environmental mastery | 42.9 ± 6.2 |
 Personal growth | 42.9 ± 7.2 |
 Relations | 43.2 ± 7.5 |
 Purpose in life | 40.3 ± 6.6 |
 Self acceptance | 41.2 ± 6.8 |