Table 4.
General sample characteristics and patients’ needs
| Clinical characteristics | Support and guidance | To be informed from the medical and nursing staff | For being in contact with other patient groups, and ensuring communication with relatives | For individualized treatment and for the patient’s personal participation to his/her treatment | Meet the emotional and physical needs | Trust the medical and nursing staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relation with nursing staff | ||||||
| Very good | 23(18.5-25) | 23(18-25.5) | 18(15-19) | 17(14-20) | 18(15-21) | 6(5-7) |
| Good | 24(20.25-25) | 23(19.25-25) | 18(16-19) | 18(15-19) | 20(16.25-21) | 6(5-7) |
| Moderate | 24(17-26) | 20.5(16-25.8) | 18(14.5-21) | 16.5(13.3-19.3) | 19.5(15.3-21.8) | 7(5-7) |
| Relation with medical staff | ||||||
| Very good | 22(18-25) | 22.5(18-25) | 18(14.25-19) | 17(14-19) | 19(13-21) | 6(5-7) |
| Good | 24(21-25.5) | 23(19-25.5) | 19(16-19.5) | 19(15-20.5) | 20(15-21) | 6(5-7) |
| Moderate/Bad | 24(20-26) | 23(17.75-25) | 17(15-19) | 16.5(14.3-19.8) | 20(13-21.3) | 7(5.25-7) |
| Relation with other patients | ||||||
| Very good | 22(19-25) | 22(18-25) | 17.5(14.75-19) | 17.5(15-19) | 19(16-21) | 6(5-7) |
| Good | 23(21-25) | 24(20-26.5) | 18(17-20) | 18(15-21) | 20(16.5-21) | 7(5-7) |
| Moderate/Bad | 24(20-26) | 23(20-26) | 19(15.75-19) | 18(14-20) | 20(16-21) | 7(5-7) |
| Difficulties in relations with family members | ||||||
| Enough | 24(20-26) | 24(20.5-26) | 18(16-19) | 18(15-21) | 20(15.5-21) | 7(5-7) |
| Less | 24(21-25) | 23(20-25) | 18(16-20) | 18(14.25-19) | 20(17-21) | 6(5-7) |
| Not at all | 21(18-25) | 20*(17-23) | 16*,**(14-19) | 16**(13-19) | 18(16-20) | 6(5-7) |
| Conceal the problem from social environment | ||||||
| Yes | 24(20-26) | 24(20.5-26) | 19(16-20) | 18(15-21) | 20(16.5-21) | 7(5-7) |
| No | 22.5(20-25) | 22(18-25) | 17(14.3-19) | 17(14.25-19) | 19(16-21) | 6(5-7) |
| Other person at home, who helps in everyday tasks | ||||||
| Yes | 23(20-25) | 22(18.3-25) | 17(15-19) | 17(15-19) | 19(16-21) | 6(5-7) |
| No | 24(21-26) | 25(18.5-27) | 19(16-20) | 19(15-21) | 21(16.5-22) | 7(5-7) |
| Consider yourself anxious | ||||||
| Yes | 24(21-26) | 24(20-26) | 19(16-20) | 19(15-21) | 20.5(17-22) | 7(5-7) |
| No | 22***(18-25) | 22***(17-24) | 17***(14-19) | 16***(14-19) | 18***(15-20) | 6(5-7) |
Data are presented in medians (25th-75thpercentile).
*
p-value<0.05 for comparison with the first category of each factor, after Bonfferoni correction.
**
p-value<0.05 for comparison with the second category of each factor, after Bonfferoni correction.
***
p-value<0.05 significant difference between the two categories.