Table 2.
The types of information participants would like to receive from doctors and researchers, the amount of information they currently receive and overall satisfaction with communication (n = 40)
| Receive information | Communication with doctor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All or some | Little or none | p-value | Satisfied | Dissatisfied | p-value | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Types of information | ||||||
| Disease (general) | 8 (62) | 5 (38) | 0.390 | 12 (92) | 1 (8) | 0.058 |
| Symptoms | 8 (42) | 11 (58) | 14 (74) | 5 (26) | ||
| Treatments | 9 (41) | 13 (59) | 16 (76) | 5 (24) | ||
| Prognosis | 7 (28) | 18 (72) | 17 (74) | 6 (26) | ||
| Other patients | 6 (46) | 7 (54) | 11 (85) | 2 (15) | ||
| Medical research (findings) | 11 (35) | 20 (65) | 19 (68) | 9 (32) | ||
| Medical research (participating) | 10 (43) | 13 (57) | 13 (62) | 8 (38) | ||