Table 6.

Cancer Loneliness Scale

The following statements describe how people sometimes feel after being diagnosed with cancer. For each statement, please indicate how often you have felt that way by writing a number in the space provided.
NEVER	RARELY	SOMETIMES	OFTEN	ALWAYS
1	2	3	4	5
1. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt misunderstood even by your closest friends and family members?				______
2. How often do you feel that others cannot provide the support you need to deal with your cancer?				______
3. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt that you don’t have a lot in common with the people around you?				______
4. How often do you feel that you cannot share personal thoughts about cancer with anyone?				______
5. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you felt that you were not needed by others?				______
6. Since your cancer diagnosis, how often have you experienced a general sense of emptiness?				______
7. How often does your cancer diagnosis make you feel isolated from others?				______

Note. Items were re-numbered for the final scale. The items above are items 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 14 from the original item pool.