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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stigma Health. 2022 Jan 20;8(1):85–92. doi: 10.1037/sah0000356

Table 1.

Everyday Discrimination Scale Responses

During your interactions with healthcare providers for prostate cancer treatment, how often did the following happen?

Never Rarely Sometimes Most of the Time Always Refuse to Answer
N % N % N % N % N % N %
You were treated with less courtesy than other people 155 80.3 18 9.3 16 8.3 1 0.5 0 0 3 1.6
You were treated with less respect than other people 158 81.9 17 8.8 14 7.3 1 0.5 0 0 3 1.6
You received poorer service than others 167 86.5 13 6.7 10 5.2 1 0.5 0 0 2 1.0
A doctor or nurse acted as if he or she thinks you are not smart 145 75.1 22 11.4 19 9.8 4 1.0 0 0 3 1.6
A doctor or nurse acted as if he or she was afraid of you 176 91.2 10 5.18 6 3.11 0 0 0 0 1 0.52
A doctor or nurse acted as if he or she was better than you 156 80.8 15 7.8 14 7.3 5 2.6 1 0.5 2 1.0
You felt like a doctor or nurse was not listening to what you were saying 110 57.0 37 19.2 37 19.2 6 3.1 0 0 3 1.6