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Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2019 Jul 15;13(5):663–672. doi: 10.1007/s11764-019-00785-7

Table 1.

HINTS survey items representing PCC and the six core functions for the current analysis compared with previous iterations

PCC core function	Survey item from previous iterations	Survey item for current analysis
Fostering healing relationships	During the past 12 months, how often did you feel you could rely on your doctors, nurses, or other healthcare professionals to take care of your healthcare needs?	Give you a chance to ask all the health-related questions you had?
Responding to emotions	Give the attention you needed to your feelings and emotions?	Give the attention you needed to your feelings and emotions?
Making decisions	Involve you in decisions about your healthcare as much as you wanted?	Involve you in decisions about your healthcare as much as you wanted?
Enabling self--management	Make sure you understood the things you needed to do to take care of your health?	Make sure you understood the things you needed to do to take care of your health?
Exchanging information	Give you a chance to ask all the health-related questions you had?	Explain things in a way you could understand?
Managing uncertainty	Help you deal with feelings of uncertainty about your health or healthcare?	Help you deal with feelings of uncertainty about your health or healthcare?