Table 4.

Descriptive statistics for domains of the questionnaire broken down by illness group

	n	Mean	SD	Median	Min	Max
Cancer respondents
Positive attitudes	347	80.87	11.99	81.25	50.00	100.00
Safety*	344	74.06	19.93	75.00	31.250	100.00
Information*	348	83.51	12.96	87.50	37.50	100.00
Negative expectations	338	59.92	16.59	62.50	16.67	100.00
Patient involvement	347	70.25	16.44	75.00	0	100.00
Asthma respondents
Positive attitudes	563	80.54	13.10	81.25	18.75	100.00
Safety*	557	72.24	13.25	68.75	37.50	100.00
Information*	568	85.64	12.49	87.50	0	100.00
Negative expectations	553	60.32	16.90	62.50	0	100.00
Patient involvement	562	69.45	17.23	66.67	8.33	100.00

*Mean scores were significantly different, P < 0.01.