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- Table 1.
Characteristics of Women Aged 65 to 80 Years According to Patient-Reported Physician Recommendation of Mammography (N = 209)
Characteristics Physician Recommended Mammogram in Last 2 Years (n = 145) Physician Did Not Recommend Mammogram in Last 2 Years (n = 64) P* Demographics Age (mean [SD]) 73.0 (4.5) 73.5 (4.4) .511 Married or living with partner (% [n]) 35.9% (52) 35.9% (23) .992 Less than high school education (% [n]) 38.6% (56) 39.1% (25) .952 African-American ethnicity (% [n]) 35.9% (52) 46.9% (30) .133 Health and behavior and use of medical care Self-Rated Health (5 = excellent, 1 = poor) (mean [SD]) 2.50 (0.8) 2.53 (0.9) .830 Number of office visits within the past 6 months (mean [SD]) 3.05 (2.9) 3.0 (3.1) .914 Functional status (mean [SD]) Physical functioning 56.5 (28.4) 63.4 (30.6) .120 Role Physical 40.1 (40.0) 50.4 (40.2) .108 Role Emotional 72.4 (39.7) 81.8 (34.6) .105 Social functioning 72.5 (26.6) 74.0 (28.8) .710 Bodily pain 52.6 (25.1) 54.9 (26.9) .551 General health 52.0 (20.2) 50.5 (20.8) .617 Cognitive status (mean [SD]) MMSE 27.4 (2.7) 26.7 (3.4) .124 Psychological status (mean [SD]) Anxiety (Beck Anxiety Index) 9.1 (7.7) 8.2 (8.4) .455 Depression (CESD) 16.1 (11.1) 13.8 (11.1) .578 Data were gathered from the Spectrum Survey, 2001 to 2003.
MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; CESD, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.
* All P values are based on χ2.
- Table 2.
Physician Ratings of Women Aged 65 to 80 Years According to Patient-Reported Physician Recommendation of Mammography (N = 209)
Physician Ratings Physician Recommended Mammogram in Last 2 Years (n = 145) Physician Did Not Recommend Mammogram in Last 2 Years (n = 64) P* Physician knows patient very well 77.2 (112) 65.6 (42) .079 Rating of patient's overall health excellent or very good 10.3 (15) 7.9 (5) .588 Identification of patient depression at this visit 61.8 (89) 50.8 (32) .139 Identification of patient anxiety at this visit 74.5 (105) 58.3 (35) .023† Data were gathered from the Spectrum Survey, 2001 to 2003. All data presented as % (n).
* All P values are based on χ2.
† P < .05.
