Table 2.
Sources of information found to be important (N=447).
| Source of information | Ranking | Population-based (n=233), n (%) | OCC (n=214), n (%) | P value | |
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Population-based | OCCa |
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| Medical oncologist | 1 | 1 | 212 (91) | 189 (88.3) | .35 |
| Oncology nurse | 2 | 3 | 154 (66.1) | 154 (72) | .71 |
| Internet for information | 3 | 2 | 126 (54.1) | 171 (79.9) | <.001 |
| Family | 4 | 6 | 120 (51.5) | 84 (39.2) | .009 |
| Friends | 5 | 7 | 115 (49.4) | 76 (35.5) | .003 |
| General practitioner | 6 | 5 | 100 (42.9) | 94 (43.9) | .83 |
| Children | 7 | 11 | 97 (41.6) | 65 (30.4) | .01b |
| Other patients | 8 | 4 | 60 (25.8) | 107 (50) | <.001b |
| Other patients via the internet | 15 | 10 | 17 (7.3) | 68 (31.7) | <.001b |
| Group discussions with patients | 17 | 8 | 13 (5.6) | 70 (32.7) | <.001b |
| Colleagues | 11 | 15 | 41 (17.6) | 32 (15) | .45b |
| Pharmacist | 9 | 14 | 48 (20.6) | 40 (18.7) | .61b |
| Newspapers or television | 9 | 12 | 49 (21) | 63 (29.4) | .04 |
| Books | 11 | 8 | 41 (17.6) | 71 (33.2) | <.001 |
| Second-opinion physician | 13 | 13 | 20 (8.6) | 56 (26.2) | <.001 |
| Alternative counselor | 14 | 17 | 18 (7.7) | 30 (14) | .03 |
| Home care nurse | 15 | 15 | 16 (6.9) | 32 (15) | .006 |
aOCC: online cancer community.
bA relatively large difference in ranking (≥4).