Table 5.
Physicians’ estimates of patients’ most frequent answers (n = 25)
| Physicians’responses | Patients’ responses | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Worst experience | Mean | % | %a |
| Cancer diagnosis | 1.8 | 60 | 18 |
| Chemotherapy | 2.5 | 24 | 25 |
| Psychological distress | 2.9 | 16 | 38 |
| Social burden | 3.4 | - | 7 |
| Mastectomy | 4.1 | - | 8 |
| Positive aspects | Mean | % | %a |
| Change in life priorities | 2.1 | 52 | 50 |
| Social support | 2.5 | 24 | 22 |
| Good course of cancer | 3.0 | 16 | 16 |
| Gratitude | 3.2 | 8 | 9 |
| Support by physicians | 4.1 | - | 10 |
| Advice | Mean | % | %a |
| Fighting spirit | 2.2 | 44 | 42 |
| Openness | 2.3 | 28 | 9 |
| Information | 2.8 | 21 | 16 |
| Confidence in physicians/ nurses | 3.3 | 8 | 11 |
| Business as usual | 4.1 | 4 | 7 |
apercentages based on raw counts of patients’ most frequent answers (multiple answers were possible, see Table 3); Mean = mean of ranks on a scale of 1–5; %: percentage of physicians rating the category as “most frequent answer” (response category “1” on a scale of 1–5)