Table 2.

Patients' reported perception of letter

Opinion of Letter	(N = 41)^
Positive*	34 (82.9%)
Neutral	1 (2.4%)
Negative	4 (9.8%)
Did not remember letter	2 (4.9%)

^Thirteen participants did not have complete question/response pairs (participant was not asked the question or did not directly answer it when asked).

*This category included the subcategories of Straightforward/Easily

Understood 21 (61.8%), Informative 3 (8.8%), New Role/Perspective 3 (8.8%), and Other 7 (20.6%).