Table 3.

Ranking of potential resources for future patients (%)

	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not helpful
Weekly phone check-ins with a treatment provider	81.0	11.5	5.5
Peer support from someone treated in the past	75.0	13.5	7.5
In-person support group with other patients undergoing treatment	71.5	15.0	6.5
Phone contact with other patients undergoing treatment	66.0	19.0	11.0
A nutritionist/dietician available during treatment	65.5	8.0	7.0
Individual, professional mental health counseling/therapy offered every 1–2 weeks during treatment	63.0	14.0	10.0
E-mail or internet access to a treatment provider	62.5	12.5	4.5
Counseling/support for you with your family before or during treatment	62.0	9.5	14.0
Internet chat group with other patients undergoing treatment	53.5	17.5	12.0
Weekly in-person meetings with a treatment provider	43.0	27.0	26.5

The table displays the percentage of participants ranking by scale the potential resources for patients undergoing HCV treatment in the future

The Likert scale included: very helpful, somewhat helpful, not very helpful, not at all helpful, don’t know

Not very and not at all helpful responses are combined for presentation

The few don’t know responses are not shown, thus percentages may not total 100

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