Table 3.

Sources of information used and satisfaction with those sources (ranked by frequency of use)

Source of information (N = 217)	Received information within previous 6 months			Satisfaction with information*
	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI
Surgeon	125	60	53–67	111	92	85–96
Television	114	56	49–63	52	46	37–56
Magazines	91	45	38–52	52	58	47–68
Newspapers	66	32	26–39	34	52	40–65
GP	65	32	25–38	57	89	79–95
Books	64	32	25–39	48	77	65–87
Cancer specialist	49	25	19–32	40	83	70–93
Friends	46	23	17–29	34	78	64–89
Brochures	44	22	17–29	40	93	81–99
Radio	44	22	16–28	25	60	43–74
Breast care nurse	37	18	13–24	30	83	67–94
Family	24	12	8–17	21	92	73–99
Alternative/complementary practitioner	19	9	6–14	17	89	67–99
Cancer telephone information service	10	5	2–9	8	73	39–94
Support group	10	5	2–9	10	100	69–100**
Peer support programme volunteer	9	4	2–8	6	75	35–97
Internet	9	4	2–8	8	89	52–100

*Satisfaction = (number of women who rated information received from that source as moderately or extremely useful/total number of women who received information from that source) expressed as a percentage.

* *One sided 97.5% CI.