Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Cancer Loneliness Scale Item Pool

Item	M	SD	Item-total correlation (item pool)	Item-total correlation (final scale)a
1. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt that people are around you but not with you?	2.23	1.16	0.79
2. How often do you feel left out because of your cancer?	1.70	1.00	0.73
3. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt that you were not important to others?	1.71	1.01	0.82
4. How often do you feel that there is no one you can share the ups and downs of cancer with?	2.01	1.16	0.81
5. How often does having cancer make you feel empty?	2.10	1.22	0.78
6. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt misunderstood even by your closest friends and family members?	1.99	1.16	0.86	0.85
7. How often do you feel that others cannot provide the support you need to deal with your cancer?	1.90	1.15	0.79	0.76
8. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt that you don’t have a lot in common with the people around you?	1.89	1.04	0.73	0.72
9. How often do you feel that you cannot share personal thoughts about cancer with anyone?	2.06	1.20	0.82	0.82
10. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt that you were not needed by others?	1.75	1.09	0.82	0.80
11. How often does having cancer make you feel alone?	2.03	1.08	0.83
12. How often do you feel that no one really understands how cancer has affected you?	2.47	1.37	0.84
13. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you experienced a general sense of emptiness?	2.13	1.11	0.81	0.78
14. How often does your cancer diagnosis make you feel isolated from others?	2.96	1.07	0.86	0.82
15. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt you are no longer close to anyone?	1.67	1.02	0.81

Note. All ns= 185. All ranges = 1.0–5.0.

^aItems in this column were selected for the final scale