TABLE I.

Questionnaire (translated from the Arabic)

General questions
1	Date of birth: _________________
	District: __________________
	Province: _________________
2	Gender
	□ Male	□ Female
3	Education
	□ Illiterate
	□ Primary/intermediate
	□ Secondary
	□ University or higher
4	Employment status
	□ Employed	□ Unemployed
Level of information on cancer
5	Do you have information about cancer?
	□ Yes	□ No
	If yes, from whom did it come:
	□ The media?
	□ Cultural meetings?
	□ The physician?
	□ The nurses?
	□ A personal experience?
6	Is it possible to recover from cancer?
	□ Yes	□ No
	If yes, what is the possibility?
	□ Less than 10%	□ 10%–50%	□ More than 50%
7	Do you prefer that a patient be told he has cancer?
	□ Yes	□ No	□ I do not know
	If yes, why?
	□ To better organize their life
	□ To help the course of treatment
	□ To improve the relationship with the family
	□ To avoid living an illusion (know your enemy: knowing the disease makes the patient stronger)
	□ To obtain several medical opinions
	If no, why?
	□ Knowing the truth has a negative effect
	□ To avoid changing everyday life
	□ To avoid pity from others
	□ Because there is no treatment or healing
8	What do you think is the hardest for a cancer patient?
	□ Pain
	□ Fear
	□ Pity of others
	□ Other: ______________________________
9	Do you think religious faith plays a role in accepting the disease?
	□ Yes	□ No	□ I do not know
10	Do family and friends play a role in helping the patient to accept the disease?
	□ Yes	□ No	□ I do not know
	How?
	□ Through moral support
	□ Through material support
	□ Assistance in treatment (choice of hospital, physician, ...)
	□ Help in communicating with the physician
11	In your opinion, what is the most common reaction of the patient when hearing the truth?
	□ Anger
	□ Fear
	□ Perplexity
	□ Acceptance and contentment
	□ Other
12	Are the following factors important and helpful to accept the disease?
	□ Support of friends and family
	□ Relationship between physician and patient
	□ Relationship between patient and nursing staff
	□ Faith
	□ Quality of treatment
	□ Location of treatment
	□ Knowing that the patient will be cured
13	Do you think that the personality of the physician has a positive impact on accepting the disease?
	□ Yes	□ No	□ I do not know
	How?
	□ Positive psychological influence of the physician
	□ Feeling of conviviality with the physician
	□ Education and knowledge of the physician
	□ Spiritual influence of the physician
	□ All of the above
14	Do you think it is necessary to give patients information about their illness and the results of tests and treatments?
	□ Yes	□ No	□ I do not know
	□ Sort of	□ Other
	When?
	□ Before treatment
	□ During treatment
	□ After treatment
15	Which is easier, dealing with patients who know about their disease or who do not know about their disease?
	□ Knows	□ Does not know
16	In your opinion, how many patients know about their disease?
	□ None
	□ Fewer than 50%
	□ More than 50%
	□ All patients
For patients who know about their disease
17	Who told you the truth?
	□ Physician
	□ Nurses
	□ Parents or friends
	□ Coincidence
	□ Intuition
18	When did you know the diagnosis?
	□ Before treatment
	□ During treatment
	□ After treatment
19	If you knew the truth by yourself, what are the symptoms that pushed you to discover the truth?
	□ Hair loss
	□ Effects on the digestive system
	□ Dry mouth
	□ Feeling tired
	□ Other
20	Do you regret knowing the truth?
	□ Yes	□ No
	If yes, why?
	□ Anxiety	□ Fear	□ Despair	□ Other
	If no, why?
	□ Organize life in a better way
	□ Seek multiple medical opinions
	□ Other
For nurses
21	If patients ask you a question about their treatment and they are unaware of their disease, do you tell them the truth?
	□ Yes	□ No	□ I do not know
22	If your answer is no, to whom you refer the matter?
	□ The physician
	□ Another nurse who has more experience
	□ A family member
	□ Other: _______________________________
For physicians
23	In which stage of disease progression do you prefer to inform the patient about the truth?
	□ Immediately after confirmation of the diagnosis
	□ During treatment
	□ After treatment
	□ At the patient’s request
24	To whom you resort in the first stage to deliver the diagnosis?
	□ Patient	□ Parents	□ Friends
25	What are the standards adopted in delivering the diagnosis?
	□ Age of the patient
	□ Educational background of the patient
	□ Seriousness of the disease (curable or not)
	□ Stage of the disease
	□ Desire of parents
	□ Faith
	□ Other: ______________________________
26	What are the obstacles that you encounter when you tell the truth?
	□ Psychosomatic consequences for the patient
	□ Family’s opposition to informing the patient
	□ Fear of not following the treatment
	□ Evasion of the burden of pain
	□ Other
27	Do you tell the patient about the diagnosis?
	□ Directly	□ Progressively
28	Do you change the way you interact with the patient depending on the patient’s condition?
	□ Yes	□ No
29	Do you tell the whole truth about healing?
	□ In all cases	□ In some cases (curable, incurable)