Table 4.
Psychosocial characteristics per information topic according to information needs
| Information need | Nutrition | Physical activity | Smoking | Psychological well-being | Medication | |||||
| Need (n=76) | No need (n=175) | Need (n=97) |
No need (n=156) |
Need (n=7) | No need (n=244) | Need (n=66) | No need (n=186) |
Need (n=75) | No need (n=178) | |
| Illness perception | ||||||||||
| Consequences | 8 (7-9) | 7 (5-8) | 7 (6-8) | 7 (5-8) | 7 (5-10) | 7±2 | 8 (7-9) | 7 (5-8) | 7 (5-8) | 7 (5-8) |
| Timeline | 8 (5-10) | 7 (5-10) | 7 (5-9) | 7 (5-10) | 7(5-10) | 8 (6-10) | 8 (6-10) | 7 (5-10) | 8 (5-10) | 8 (5-10) |
| Personal control | 6 (5-8) | 6 (5-7) | 6 (5-7) | 6 (5-7) | 5 (5-6) | 6 (5-7) | 6 (5-7) | 6 (5-7) | 6 (5-8) | 6 (5-7) |
| Treatment control | 8(7-9) | 8 (7-9) | 8 (7-9) | 8 (7-9) | 8 (6-10) | 8±2 | 8 (7-9) | 8 (7-9) | 8 (7-9) | 8 (7-9) |
| Identity | 6 (4-7) | 5 (3-7) | 5 (3-7) | 5 (3-7) | 6 (5-7) | 6 (3-8) | 7 (5-8) | 5 (2-7) | 5 (2-7) | 6 (3-7) |
| Concern | 7 (5-8) | 5 (3-7) | 7 (5-8) | 5(3-8) | 6 (4-7) | 8 (3-9) | 8 (7-9) | 5 (3-7) | 6 (3-8) | 6 (3-8) |
| Comprehensibility | 7 (5-8) | 7 (5-8) | 7 (6-8) | 7 (5-8) | 7 (5-8) | 8 (5-8) | 7 (5-8) | 7±2 | 7 (6-8) | 7 (5-8) |
| Emotion | 5 (3-8) | 4 (2-7) | 5 (3-7) | 5 (2-7) | 5 (2-6) | 7 (3-8) | 8 (7-9) | 3 (2-5) | 4 (2-7) | 5 (2-7) |
| HADS | ||||||||||
| Depression | 3 (1-7) | 3 (1-6) | 3 (1-6) | 3 (1-6) | 4 (3-10) | 5 (3-10) | 5 (3-9) | 2 (1-5) | 2 (1-7) | 4 (1-6) |
| Anxiety | 4 (1-8) | 3 (1-7) | 8 (2-9) | 4 (3-10) | 9 (4-13) | 2 (0–5) | 3 (1-8) | 3 (1-7) | ||
| Subscales Type D | 5 (1-10) | 3 (1-6) | ||||||||
| Negative affectivity | 7 (3-13) | 6 (2-11) | 7 (4-12) | 6 (2-11) | 13 (4-17) | 9 (2-13) | 11±6 | 6 (2-9) | 7 (2-12) | 7 (2-12) |
| Social inhibition | 9 (4-12) | 11 (3-13) | 10 (5-16) | 10±6 | 8 (4-11) | 8 (5-14) | 9 (4-12) | |||
| Quality of Life SF36 | 9 (5-12) | 9 (4-13) | 8 (5-13) | |||||||
| Physical functioning | 55 (35-75) | 75 (50-85) | 70 (45-80) | 70 (40-85) | 75 (48-85) | 62±25 | 60 (35-75) | 75 (45-85) | 70 (50-85) | 70 (45-85) |
| Social role functioning | 62 (38-88) | 75 (50-88) | 63 (50-88) | 75 (50-88) | 64±25 | 67±25 | 50 (38-75) | 75 (63-100) | 63 (50-88) | 63 (50-88) |
| Physical problem | 13 (0–50) | 25 (0–50) | 25 (0–50) | 25 (0–75) | 46±40 | 30±36 | 0 (0–25) | 25 (0–69) | 25 (0–50) | 25 (0–69) |
| Emotional problem | 33 (0–100) | 67 (33-100) | 67 (0–100) | 67 (0–100) | 74 (0–100) | 72 (0–100) | 67 (0–67)] | 100 (33-100) | 67 (0–100) | 67 (0–100) |
| Mental health | 72 (56-84) | 80 (64-88) | 72 (60-88) | 80 (60-88) | 70 (51-77) | 74±25 | 56 (40-76) | 80 (72-91) | 76 (59-92) | 76 (60-88) |
| Vitality | 54±20 | 58±20 | 57±19 | 57±21 | 54±21 | 57±20 | 49±18 | 60 (45-75) | 60±21 | 56±20 |
| Bodily pain | 67 (45-90) | 67(55-90) | 67 (55-90) | 67 (55-90) | 64±22 | 55 (45-78) | 55 (45-84) | 67 (55-90) | 76 (55-88) | 67 (40-70) |
| General health perception | 55±21 | 65 (50-75) | 61±19 | 65 (45-75) | 53±11 | 61±20 | 53±20 | 65 (50-75) | 62±21 | 60 (50-75) |
| Health change | 25 (25-50) | 50 (25-50) | 50 (25-50) | 50 (25-50) | 25±22 | 41±26 | 25 (25-50) | 50 (25-50) | 50 (25-50) | 50 (25-50) |
Data are presented as median (IQR) and mean±SD.
HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; SF36, Short Form 36.