Table 3.
Problem Score | Description of the Frequency of Items That Composed Each Problem Score and Examination of the Average Reported Rate of Concerns Among Cancer Patient Receiving Their Care at Comprehensive Cancer Center v Community-Based Oncologist Office |
Cronbach's α | Factor/Correlation Analysis |
Criterion Validity: Single Item Measure | Criterion Validity: 0-10 Multi-Item Rating Scale | |||||||||
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Score Range | % Missing |
% Reporting Concern Across Each Item |
Comprehensive Cancer Center (average % concern) (n = 89) | Private Practice (average % concern) (n = 117) | Item With Total |
Item With Item |
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Average | Range | Average | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | |||||||
Communication at the time of diagnosis problem score | 0-20 | 1.6 | 0-5.8 | 12.4 | 1.9-35.4 | 17.3 | 9.1* | .84 | 0.41 | 0.160-0.563 | 0.22 | 0.004-0.863 | 0.41† | –0.53† |
Communication at the time of treatment decision making problem score | 0-15 | 2.5 | 1.3-6.9 | 13.0 | 3.8-36.9 | 18.5 | 9.7‡ | .78 | 0.37 | 0.178-0.549 | 0.16 | −0.001-0.460 | 0.36† | –0.60† |
Cancer patient experience of treatments | 0-10 | 3.6 | 1.9-6.9 | 8.1 | 1.9-15.6 | 13.0 | 5.4† | .76 | 0.47 | 0.171-0.660 | 0.22 | 0.002-0.581 | 0.16* | –0.43† |
P < .05.
P < .01.
P = .02.