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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2010 Oct;19(10):1094–1101. doi: 10.1002/pon.1665

Table 2.

Spouses' Low Incident Cancer-related Demands Not Retained in DOII-S

Item No. Item description “Not at all” responses (%)*
59 I've had trouble finding a job 141 (93.4%)
8 I have experienced numbness or tingling in parts of my body 137 (90.7%)
82 I think about her not being able to have children 135 (89.4%)
10 I have experienced heavy feelings in my arms or legs 134 (88.7%)
110 At times my wife's health care providers do not tell me the truth about her health status 133 (88.1%)
109 At times my wife's health care providers made decisions without my best interests in mind 132 (87.4%)
76 I feel dissatisfied with the way my wife looks 129 (85.4%)
3 I have experienced pains in heart or chest 127 (84.1%)
111 At times my wife's health care providers do not show concern for me as a person 126 (83.4%)
119 I'm not satisfied with the progress of her treatment 125 (82.8%)
56 I'm not able to work at my job 123 (81.5%)
75 I feel my wife is less attractive 122 (80.8%)
90 I wonder why my wife still receives treatments even though her symptoms have subsided 122 (80.8%)
120 I'm not satisfied with her hospital care 122 (80.8%)