Table 6.
Preferred Methods of Receiving Information Across Domains by First-Ranked Preference for Patients
| Rank | Medical | Practical | Physical | Social | Emotional | Spiritual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One-on-one counseling (38.3%) | One-on-one counseling (31.0%) | One-on-one counseling (37.0%) | Pamphlets (29.7%) | Pamphlets (29.8%) | Pamphlets (35.8%) |
| 2 | Pamphlets (21.5%) | Pamphlets (28.0%) | Pamphlets (28.0%) | One-on-one counseling (28.6%) | One-on-one counseling (26.6%) | One-on-one counseling, websites (16.4%) |
| 3 | Websites (9.3%) | Websites (15.0%) | Websites (8.0%) | Websites (14.3%) | Websites (13.8%) | Books, online videos (7.5%) |
| 4 | Online videos (7.5%) | Online videos (7.0%) | DVDs, other (7.0%) | DVDs (6.6%) | Books, DVDs (6.4%) | Support groups (6.0%) |
| 5 | Other (5.6%) | Books (6.0%) | Online videos, group classes (4.0%) | Books (5.5%) | Other (5.3%) | DVDs, group classes, other (3.0%) |
| 6 | Books, DVDs, group classes (4.7%) | Other (4.0%) | Books (3.0%) | Support groups, other (4.4%) | Group classes (4.3%) | Online audio (1.5%) |
| 7 | Support groups (2.8%) | DVDs, group classes, support groups (3.0%) | Support groups (2.0%) | Online videos (3.3%) | Online videos, support groups (3.2%) | |
| 8 | Online audio (0.9%) | Group classes (2.2%) | Online forums/ message boards (1.1%) | |||
| 9 | Online audio (1.1%) |
Proportions may not add up to 100% due to nonrespondents and unclear or uncategorizable responses, which were excluded.
Where modalities are tied in terms of proportion of respondents selecting as first-ranked preference, they have been placed together. Therefore, number of ranks per informational domain may appear to vary.