Table 4.

Frequency of survivorship care practice of each item (n ​= ​181).

Itemsa	Never		Occasionally		Often		Very often		All of the time		Delivery statusb
	n	%c	n	%c	n	%c	n	%c	n	%c	n	%
Prevention
As appropriate, discussing information on known effective chemoprevention strategies for secondary prevention	85	47.0	78	43.1	12	6.6	2	1.1	3	1.7	17	9.4
Discuss information on genetic counseling and testing to identify high-risk individuals who could benefit from more comprehensive cancer surveillance, chemoprevention, or other risk-reducing treatment	147	81.2	23	12.7	8	4.4	2	1.1	1	0.6	11	6.1
Intervention
Discussing and managing pain	12	6.6	31	17.1	53	29.3	36	19.9	48	26.5	137	75.7
Discussing and managing long-term physical side effects/late effects	17	9.4	59	32.6	55	30.4	21	11.6	28	15.5	104	57.5
Discussing psychological side effects	18	9.9	74	40.9	45	24.9	30	16.6	14	7.7	89	49.2
Discussing and encouraging appropriate exercise and physical activity	18	9.9	74	40.9	54	29.8	25	13.8	10	5.5	89	49.2
Encouraging health behaviors including sunscreen use, smoking and alcohol consumption	20	11.0	78	43.1	49	27.1	17	9.4	17	9.4	83	45.9
Providing healthy diet recommendations including alcohol consumption	19	10.5	79	43.6	56	30.9	15	8.3	11	6.1	82	45.3
Providing health education to survivors regarding their diagnoses, treatment exposures, and potential late and long-term effects	31	17.1	75	41.4	44	24.3	14	7.7	16	8.8	74	40.9
Conducting distress screening for psychological risks	44	24.3	64	35.4	38	21.0	12	6.6	23	12.7	73	40.3
Discussing and managing parenting and other help at home	29	16.0	97	53.6	37	20.4	15	8.3	3	1.7	55	30.4
Providing resources to assist with financial and insurance issues	59	32.6	87	48.1	24	13.3	6	3.3	5	2.8	35	19.3
Discussing and managing employment and financial consequences of cancer	63	34.8	91	50.3	19	10.5	6	3.3	2	1.1	27	14.9
Discussing patient/family peer support groups	67	37.0	86	47.5	15	8.3	8	4.4	3	1.7	26	14.4
Discussing and managing intimacy and sexuality issues	73	40.3	85	47.0	15	8.3	6	3.3	2	1.1	23	12.7
Discussing and managing fertility issues	108	59.7	66	36.5	4	2.2	3	1.7	0	0.0	7	3.9
Surveillance
Addressing psychological impacts from their fear of cancer recurrence/relapse	21	11.6	85	47.0	39	21.5	20	11.0	16	8.8	75	41.4
Carrying out medical check-ups at follow-up, including taking history	66	36.5	64	35.4	21	11.6	13	7.2	17	9.4	51	28.2
Providing screening recommendations for second cancers; periodic testing and examination, and the schedule on which they should be performed	78	43.1	72	39.8	19	10.5	6	3.3	5	2.8	30	16.6
Providing information about how to identify signs of cancer spreading or recurrence	62	34.3	90	49.7	20	11.0	4	2.2	5	2.8	29	16.0
Coordination
Empowering survivors to advocate for their own healthcare needs	36	19.9	76	42.0	39	21.5	20	11.0	10	5.5	69	38.1
Providing information on who to contact with questions and problems	34	18.8	88	48.6	37	20.4	9	5.0	13	7.2	59	32.6
Communicating the survivorship care provided with the rest of the healthcare team	47	26.0	76	42.0	31	17.1	18	9.9	9	5.0	58	32.0
Using treatment summaries and/or care plans	73	40.3	52	28.7	33	18.2	12	6.6	11	6.1	56	30.9
Ensuring linkage with appropriate external supportive services	65	35.9	73	40.3	24	13.3	12	6.6	6	3.3	42	23.2
Organizing/ensuring the patient has a schedule of follow-up appointments with the cancer care doctors	84	46.4	60	33.1	20	11.0	8	4.4	8	4.4	36	19.9
Communicating the survivorship care provided with the patient's primary healthcare providers	74	40.9	73	40.3	22	12.2	7	3.9	5	2.8	34	18.8
Providing referrals to specialists and resources as indicated	97	53.6	59	32.6	11	6.1	9	5.0	5	2.8	25	13.8
Ensuring the patient has a schedule of follow-up appointments with primary healthcare providers	92	50.8	66	36.5	12	6.6	6	3.3	4	2.2	22	12.2

^aItems on each subscale were ranked in descending order according to the delivery status.

^bDelivery status were the extent of responses from often to all of the time.

^cThe total numbers do not equal 181 because of missing data.