. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2019 Apr 5;28(5):1102–1109. doi: 10.1002/pon.5064

Table 1.

Examples and frequencies of caregiver and nurse emotional statements and nurse emotional responses

		COMMUNICATION STATEMENT FREQUENCIES
		Total Number of Statements: M=499,SD=226
		NURSE			CAREGIVER
VARIABLE	EXAMPLES	MEAN	SD	MIN/MAX	MEAN	SD	MIN/MAX
Positive Emotion	I love that we can be here together. Haha, isn’t that a hoot!	23.43	6.85	1–75	10.02	6.85	0–37
Distress	I’m just not sure what to do. That sore looks like it hurts so much.	--	--	--	4.34	3.09	0–71
Emotional Response	A lot of people have that experience. I’m sorry to hear that.	12.58	9.60	1–51	--	--	--