Table 1.
Patient and oncologist characteristics
| Patient characteristics (n = 74) | |
| Male sex, n (%) | 29 (39 %) |
| Age, median (range) | 62 (32–80) |
| Living with partner, n (%) | 57 (77 %) |
| Employeda, n (%) | 20 (40 %) |
| College education or more, n (%) | 21 (28 %) |
| Colorectal cancer (vs. breast cancer), n (%) | 57 (77 %) |
| Information preference, mean (SD)b | 8.6 (1.6) |
| Oncologist characteristics (n = 40) | |
| Male sex, n (%) | 18 (45 %) |
| Academic hospital (vs. peripheral), n (%) | 13 (33 %) |
| Number of judgments made per oncologist, mean (range) | 2 (1–8) |
SD standard deviation
aSelection of patients <65 years of age, retirement age in the Netherlands in 2012
bRating scale from 0 (I want to know nothing about the illness and its treatment) to 10 (I want to know everything there is to know about the illness and its treatment)