Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2003) 88, 502–509. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600797
Unfortunately because of a typesetting error, Tables 1 and 3 were reproduced incorrectly. The correct versions are printed below:
Table 1. Socioprofessional characteristics of physicians with internal and external LOC (upper and lower quartiles of the Rotter I-E scale scores distribution).
| Internal LOC | External LOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (s.d.) | 43 | (6.3) | 39 | (5.7) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 16 | (72.7) | 8 | (44.4) |
| Female | 6 | (27.3) | 10 | (55.6) |
| Medical speciality | ||||
| Oncology | 5 | (22.7) | 7 | (38.9) |
| Radiotherapy | 3 | (13.6) | 2 | (11.1) |
| Haematology | — | — | 4 | (22.2) |
| Gynaecology | 4 | (18.2) | 3 | (16.7) |
| Others | 10 | (45.5) | 2 | (11.1) |
| Medical specialisation training achieved | ||||
| Yes | 20 | (90.9) | 18 | (100) |
| No | 2 | (9.1) | — | — |
| Medical practice (years) | ||||
| Mean (s.d.) | 17 | (6.5) | 14 | (5.5) |
| Medical practice in oncology (years) | ||||
| Mean (s.d.) | 13 | (6.8) | 11 | (6.4) |
| Number of cancer patients cared during last week | ||||
| Mean (s.d.) | 19 | (17.3) | 26 | (18.0) |
| Medical practice | ||||
| In hospital | 18 | (81.8) | 15 | (83.3) |
| In one-day clinic | 10 | (45.5) | 8 | (44.4) |
| Private | 6 | (27.3) | 5 | (27.8) |
| Previous training in communication skills in the last year | ||||
| Workshops, readings, conferences and others | 10 | (45.5) | 9 | (50.0) |
Except when stated otherwise, values are expressed as frequencies, percentages are between brackets. No statistically significant differences were found between both groups except for the fact that all the haematologists were in the group of physicians with external LOC and the two physicians still in medical specialisation training were in the group of physicians with internal LOC.
Table 3. Characteristics of interviews led by physicians with internal and external LOC (upper and lower quartiles of the Rotter I-E scale scores distribution).
| Internal LOC | External LOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (s.d.) | 55 | (15.5) | 58 | (13.1) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 9 | (45.0) | 4 | (23.5) |
| Female | 11 | (55.0) | 13 | (76.5) |
| School level completeda | ||||
| Junior high school or less | 6 | (30.0) | 3 | (17.7) |
| High school graduate | 6 | (30.0) | 6 | (32.3) |
| College or university graduation | 8 | (40.0) | 8 | (47.1) |
| Karnofsky performance status (KPS)a | ||||
| 80 or more | 14 | (70.0) | 14 | (82.4) |
| Less than 80 | 6 | (30.0) | 3 | (17.7) |
| Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) | ||||
| Emotional distress total mean scores (s.d.) | 11.0 | (5.3) | 11.8 | (6.2) |
| Multidimensional health locus of control (MHLC) | ||||
| Internal HLC mean scores (s.d.) | 24.6 | (5.2) | 22.7 | (5.5) |
| External Chance HLC mean scores (s.d.) | 20.9 | (7.3) | 21.8 | (5.7) |
| External Powerful Others HLC mean scores (s.d.) | 25.8 | (6.9) | 25.8 | (7.2) |
| Type of cancera | ||||
| Solid tumour | 19 | (95.0) | 14 | (82.4) |
| Haematologic cancer | 1 | (5.0) | 3 | (17.7) |
| Prognosis | ||||
| Less than 1 year | 7 | (35.0) | 4 | (23.5) |
| 1 year or more | 13 | (65.0) | 13 | (76.5) |
| Disease status | ||||
| In remission, no change or too early to assess | 13 | (35.0) | 12 | (70.6) |
| In progression | 7 | (65.0) | 5 | (29.4) |
| Current cancer treatment | ||||
| Yes | 9 | (45.0) | 11 | (64.7) |
| No | 11 | (55.0) | 6 | (35.3) |
| Months since diagnosis | ||||
| Mean (s.d.) | 29 | (43.1) | 37 | (54.7) |
| Type of information | ||||
| Diagnosis related | 11 | (55.0) | 5 | (29.4) |
| Not diagnosis related | 9 | (45.0) | 12 | (70.6) |
| Type of news | ||||
| Neutral | 6 | (30.0) | 8 | (47.1) |
| Good | 5 | (25.0) | 5 | (29.4) |
| Bad | 9 | (45.0) | 4 | (23.5) |
Except when stated otherwise, values are expressed as frequencies, percentages are in brackets. No statistically significant differences were found between both groups.
χ2 not applicable because of a lack of observations in the cells.
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