“My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice”: a community dance pilot intervention engaging breast cancer survivors in physical activity in a middle-income country

Table 1 Baseline individual characteristics by group from the “My body, My Rhythm, My Voice” study

Characteristic	Intervention (n = 31)		Control (n = 33)
Characteristic	Mean/n	SD/%	Mean/n	SD/%
Age (years)	57.02	8.70	55.84	10.32
Marital status
Single, divorced, or widowed	15	48.39	17	51.52
Living with a partner or married	16	51.61	16	48.48
Socioeconomic level
Low	15	48.39	9	27.27
Middle	16	51.61	24	72.73
Education^a
Less than high school	13	41.94	11	33.33
High school graduate	4	12.90	5	15.15
Higher education	14	45.16	17	51.52
Employment status^b
Not working for payment	18	58.06	21	63.64
Working for payment	13	41.94	12	36.36
Type of social security
Contributive (employer-based)	23	74.19	27	81.82
Subsidized	8	25.81	6	18.18
Time since diagnosis (years)	5.88	4.09	6.97	6.78

Values are presented as mean and standard deviation, or number and percentage
*p value for significance of baseline differences between groups, as tested using χ² (categorical data) or t test (continuous data)
^aEducation: less than high school to some/no high school. Higher education—technical/vocational program, college degree, graduate degree
^bEmployment status: not working for payment—retired, unemployed, homemaker. Working for payment—employed full-time, employed part-time, freelancer

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