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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Sep 7;47(2):218–230. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.04.005

Table 4.

Mean Scores and Standard Deviations (SD) for Items of the WRITE Symptoms Satisfaction Survey (n=48)

Item Mean SD
The time I spent writing about symptoms was an important use of my time. 5.69 1.57
The time required to respond to the nurse was worth it. 5.71 1.69
The study was too time-consuming. a 5.56 1.76
I felt comfortable writing about my symptoms. 6.15 1.40
It was difficult to express my ideas in writing. a 5.08 1.98
The level of difficulty of the information presented by the nurse was appropriate. 5.88 1.63
I learned something new from the symptom management program. 5.73 1.66
This symptom management program was useful to me. 6.00 1.41
This symptom management program is important. 6.47 1.20
This program helped me manage my symptoms better. 5.65 1.60
I enjoyed participating in the symptom management program. 6.35 1.47
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Item reverse scored such that higher scores reflect greater satisfaction.