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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2023 Dec 20;130(8):1292–1302. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35164

Table 2.

Predictor and outcome variables (total N=3,750; missing data per item are presented as a % of the total sample, while % of responses are presented based on the valid sample after missing data were removed)

Healthcare Variables Yes, n (valid %) No, n (valid %) Missing, n (%)
Cancer diagnosis delivered respectfully 2,003 (68.7) 912 (31.3) 835 (22.3)
Cancer care environment SGM welcoming 2,112 (74.9) 707 (25.1) 931 (24.8)
Cancer care providers were SGM competent 1,433 (48.8) 1,368 (51.2) 949 (25.3)
Nurses were SGM competent 1,520 (54.5) 1,273 (45.6) 957 (25.5)
Staff were SGM competent 1,432 (51.6) 1,342 (48.4) 976 (26.0)
Indicators that environment was SGM welcoming 290 (10.5) 2,480 (89.5) 980 (26.1)
Identity Variables Yes, n (valid %) No, n (valid %) Missing, n (%)
Identified in public as being SGM 1,063 (38.8) 1,679 (61.2) 1,008 (26.9)
Feel safe disclosing SGM identity in general 1,287 (47.1) 1,448 (52.9) 1,015 (27.1)
Cancer care team aware of SGM identity 2,293 (79.7) 583 (20.3) 874 (23.3)
Feel safe disclosing SGM identity to cancer care team 1,966 (86.7) 295 (13.3) 1,498 (39.7)
Environment welcoming after disclosing SGM identity to cancer care team 2,151 (95.0) 113 (5.0) 1,486 (39.6)
Social Support Variables Yes, n (valid %) No, n (valid %) Missing, n (%)
Strong support before cancer 1,174 (43.2) 1,542 (56.8) 1,034 (27.6)
Primary support people during cancer treatment 2,399 (88.6) 308 (11.4) 1,043 (27.8)
Strong support after cancer 2,376 (87.8) 335 (12.4) 1,039 (27.7)
Accessed cancer survivorship support 751 (28.0) 1,930 (72.5) 1,069 (28.5)
Outcome Variable Yes, n (valid %) No, n (valid %) Missing, n (%)
Satisfied with cancer care experience 1,955 (70.6) 814 (29.4) 981 (26.2)
Current health is good or better 1,693 (70.0) 724 (30.0) 1,333 (35.5)
No days of distress in the past month 735 (31.3) 1,610 (68.7) 1,405 (37.5)