Table 2. Item and scale analysis of the Hornheide Questionnaire short form (HQ-S).
| Items | % 1 , 3 | M | SD | rit | n | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 1. I am often anxious. | 42 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1.2 | 1.35 | .73 | 683 |
| 2. I cannot relax and rest. | 57 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.9 | 1.36 | .69 | 680 |
| 3. I am afraid of life with the disease. 2 | 58 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0.8 | 1.24 | .72 | 677 |
| 4. I do not have confidence in my ability to resume or continue my normal work. | 81 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0.4 | 1.08 | .52 | 672 |
| 5. I feel physically less productive than prior to falling sick. | 71 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.7 | 1.29 | .63 | 679 |
| 6. The thought of the tumour recurring makes me afraid. 2 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1.4 | 1.58 | .67 | 683 |
| 7. I fear that people will reject me because of my altered appearance. | 88 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.73 | .44 | 680 |
| 8. Talking to my close relatives about my sorrows and fears is difficult. | 68 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.7 | 1.25 | .56 | 680 |
| 9. I feel insufficiently informed about my disease and the treatment. | 75 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.6 | 1.14 | .51 | 680 |
16-point Likert Scale from 0 = “does not apply" to 5 = “applies and troubles me extremely”, Cronbach´s α = .87”;rit = discrimination power; item cut-off scores (care need prevalent) underlined
2a care need prevalent, if the sum of the anxiety measuring items (3, 6) is 7, 8, 9 or 10
3Care need index: sum score ≥ 16: 14% of the sample, M = 6.78, SD = 7.85; need for psychosocial intervention (HQ-S ≥ 16 or underlined item cut-off scores), prevalent 36% (n = 239), not prevalent 64% (n = 433)