Table 3.

General patient characteristics

Characteristics	Invited, n	Participants, n (%)
Population size	46	31 (67)
Sex (male/female)	8/38	5/26 (16/84)
Age (years), median (range)
• Chemotherapy	55 (31–79)	58 (31–79)
• Radiotherapy	52 (31–73)	48 (31–67)
Cancer site
• Breast	28	20 (65)
• Colon/rectum	14	9 (29)
• Other	4	2 (6)
Treatment group (health care professionals)
• Chemotherapy (two oncologists, one nurse)	26	15 (48)
• Radiotherapy (five nurses)	20	16 (52)
Narrative path: prompts with a reply		168/202 (83)