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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Jan;71(1):15–19.

Table 2.

Evaluation of the Adequacy of Pretreatment Information Across Modalities

Evaluation category Conservative
treatment
(N = 32)* 		Vulvectomy
(N = 10)
Inclusion of information regarding
   medical outcomes
   No information given 6 0
   Inadequate information given 13 30
   Adequate information given 35 30
   Very adequate information given 42 40
   Don’t know; cannot remember 3 0
Inclusion of information regarding sex-
   ual functioning outcomes†
   No information given 84 60
   Inadequate information given 3 0
   Adequate information given 10 20
   Very adequate information given 3 20
Patients’ preference for sexuality infor-
   mation
   No preference for information 29 0
   Neutral 23 40
   Preferred information 48 60
Inclusion of sexual partner in sexual in-
   formation provision
   No partner/not sexually active 26 0
   No information to patient or partner 48 60
   Partner present, but not included 19 10
   Partner present, included 6 30
Patients’ preference for inclusion of
   sexual partner in sexual information
   provision†
   No partner/not sexually active 23 0
   Did not prefer partner inclusion 29 10
   Preferred partner inclusion 45 90

Data are presented as percentages.

*

Includes wide local excision (N = 26) and laser or chemotherapy (N = 6).

†

Indicates significant difference (P < .05) between conservative and vulvectomy groups.