Table 4.

Associations (rank correlations and point biserial) between Cancer Standards for hospital cancer centres and units and two measures of satisfaction measures for patients with breast, colorectal and lung cancers

	Breast		Colorectal		Lung
Variables	Respect and Dignity	Communication	Respect and Dignity	Communication	Respect and Dignity	Communication
10.2/1 – Referral guidelines for cancer sites not covered by the unit MDT	−0.07	0.04	−0.16	−0.09	−0.05	−0.02
	P = 0.47	P = 0.67	P = 0.08	P = 0.35	P = 0.60	P = 0.83
10.2/2 – Cancer services Lead Clinician for the cancer unit	−0.20*	0.16	−0.07	−0.08	−0.16	0.08
	P = 0.03	P = 0.08	P = 0.45	P = 0.40	P = 0.09	P = 0.36
10.2/3 – Written job description for the lead role	−0.15	0.27**	0.04	−0.14	0.07	−0.10
	P = 0.10	P = 0.003	P = 0.63	P = 0.13	P = 0.44	P = 0.29
10.2/4 – Specification of time available and administrative support for the Lead Clinician	−0.09	0.26**	0.05	0.02	0.07	−0.09
	P = 0.33	P = 0.004	P = 0.60	P = 0.84	P = 0.44	P = 0.35
10.2/5 – Regular review of time/support available to lead Clinician	−0.09	0.14	0.008	0.03	0.06	−0.06
	P = 0.31	P = 0.14	P = 0.93	P = 0.75	P = 0.53	P = 0.47
10.2/6 – Lead Clinician member of cancer unit group	−0.22*	0.18	−0.06	−0.02	−0.08	−0.01
	P = 0.02	P = 0.05	P = 0.53	P = 0.84	P = 0.39	P = 0.90
10.2/7 – Cancer services lead nurse for the cancer unit	−0.17	0.06	−0.07	−0.008	0.002	−0.16
	P = 0.05	P = 0.54	P = 0.43	P = 0.93	P = 0.98	P = 0.09
10.2/8 – Written job description for the lead nurse	−0.18*	0.16	−0.06	0.03	−0.03	−0.09
	P = 0.04	P = 0.08	P = 0.53	P = 0.73	P = 0.75	P = 0.31
10.2/9 – Cancer services lead manager for the cancer unit	−0.24**	0.07	−0.06	−0.01	−0.04	0.16
	P = 0.007	P = 0.41	P = 0.51	P = 0.90	P = 0.69	P = 0.07
10.2/10 – Written job description for the lead manager	−0.15	0.16	−0.02	−0.04	−0.01	−0.08
	P = 0.09	P = 0.07	P = 0.80	P = 0.69	P = 0.89	P = 0.38
10.2/11 – Named cancer unit group with membership	−0.23*	0.14	−0.05	−0.03	−0.01	0.01
	P = 0.01	P = 0.13	P = 0.56	P = 0.75	P = 0.88	P = 0.89
10.2/12 – Terms of reference for the group	−0.15	−0.020	−0.009	−0.05	−0.06	−0.009
	P = 0.10	P = 0.83	P = 0.92	P = 0.56	P = 0.53	P = 0.92
10.2/13 – Primary care representation on the group	−0.09	0.15	−0.003	−0.12	0.02	0.05
	P = 0.33	P = 0.09	P = 0.98	P = 0.17	P = 0.82	P = 0.55
10.2/14 – Named cancer site leads for each cancer site	−0.17	0.09	−0.15	0.02	−0.10	−0.13
	P = 0.06	P = 0.33	P = 0.11	P = 0.79	P = 0.286	P = 0.16
10.2/15 – Reporting requirements to the cancer registry	−0.15	0.18	−0.008	−0.07	−0.02	−0.09
	P = 0.10	P = 0.05	P = 0.93	P = 0.45	P = 0.82	P = 0.33

^*Correlation significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed);

^**Correlation significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).