Table 5.
Associations (rank correlation and point biserial) between Cancer Standards for tumour-specific teams and two measures of patient satisfaction for patients with breast, colorectal and lung cancers
| Breast |
Colorectal |
Lungy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Respect and Dignity | Communication | Respect and Dignity | Communication | Respect and Dignity | Communication |
| Team structure | ||||||
| Named team lead | 0.10 | −0.22* | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.069 | −0.03 |
| P = 0.26 | P = 0.02 | P = 0.18 | P = 0.11 | P = 0.45 | P = 0.71 | |
| Lead clinician written responsibilities | 0.12 | −0.13 | 0.18* | 0.135 | −0.02 | 0.01 |
| P = 0.18 | P = 0.16 | P = 0.04 | P = 0.139 | P = 0.85 | P = 0.91 | |
| Team meetings | ||||||
| Core members attendance at team meetings | −0.04 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.09 | −0.05 | −0.18* |
| P = 0.64 | P = 0.19 | P = 0.63 | P = 0.34 | P = 0.56 | P = 0.04 | |
| Operational policies | ||||||
| Operational policy meetings | −0.20* | −0.10 | 0.002 | 0.03 | 0.12 | −0.20* |
| P = 0.03 | P = 0.30 | P = 0.99 | P = 0.77 | P = 0.20 | P = 0.03 | |
| Written operational policy – communication of diagnosis with GP | 0.02 | −0.02 | 0.011 | −0.020 | 0.02 | −0.23** |
| P = 0.80 | P = 0.84 | P = 0.907 | P = 0.824 | P = 0.79 | P = 0.01 | |
| Written operational policy – provision of information to GP on urgent referrals | −0.08 | −0.05 | 0.038 | 0.006 | −0.02 | −0.22* |
| P = 0.37 | P = 0.62 | P = 0.676 | P = 0.945 | P = 0.79 | P = 0.02 | |
| Breast Surgeon | ||||||
| Designated sessions | 0.26** | −0.08 | ||||
| P = 0.005 | P = 0.38 | |||||
| Accredited British Association Surgical Oncology | 0.09 | 0.21* | ||||
| P = 0.41 | P = 0.04 | |||||
| Nurse specialist qualification | ||||||
| Registered | −0.11 | −0.179 | −0.14 | 0.06 | 0.008 | −0.04 |
| P = 0.29 | P = 0.09 | P = 0.18 | P = 0.53 | P = 0.94 | P = 0.67 | |
| Obtained | −0.05 | −0.159 | 0.11 | −0.06 | 0.01 | −0.20* |
| P = 0.65 | P = 0.12 | P = 0.26 | P = 0.53 | P = 0.89 | P = 0.04 | |
| Degree | 0.02 | 0.092 | −0.28** | −0.04 | 0.14 | −0.04 |
| P = 0.87 | P = 0.37 | P = 0.005 | P = 0.71 | P = 0.18 | P = 0.67 | |
| Patient centred care | ||||||
| Written information material available | −0.22* | −0.16 | 0.06 | 0.04 | −0.16 | −0.04 |
| P = 0.01 | P = 0.09 | P = 0.52 | P = 0.65 | P = 0.08 | P = 0.66 | |
| Guidelines | ||||||
| Referral guidelines for the cancer site | 0.22* | 0.101 | −0.01 | −0.07 | −0.04 | −0.02 |
| P = 0.02 | P = 0.28 | P = 0.91 | P = 0.41 | P = 0.64 | P = 0.79 | |
| Data collection | ||||||
| Network-wide dataset | 0.12 | 0.20* | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.23** | 0.01 |
| P = 0.21 | P = 0.03 | P = 0.90 | P = 0.79 | P = 0.009 | P = 0.87 | |
| Recording data for individual patients | 0.20* | 0.004 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.24** | 0.17 |
| P = 0.04 | P = 0.97 | P = 0.33 | P = 0.61 | P = 0.008 | P = 0.06 | |
*
Correlation significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed);
**
Correlation significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).