Table 2: Information seeking and decision making preferences in the intervention group and in the control group during the critial moments of patient education.

Background/Information seeking and decision making preferences

    Intervention group n = 19

All measurements (M1, M2, M3) freq/%

      Control group n= 36

All measurements M1, M2, M3 freq/%

 

Wilcoxon test between the groups (measurements M1, M2, M3 combined)

 M1                       M2                 M3
 freq/%                 freq/%          freq/%   

   M1                           M2                      M3
 freq/%                       freq/%               freq/%

1. I know enough about my cancer

0.23

Donīt agree

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Agree in some degree

1/20

-

1/13

2/11

1/6

1/13

2/17

4/11

Agree quite much

2/40

3/50

1/13

6/32

11/69

5/63

4/33

20/56

Totally agree

2/40

3/50

6/75

19/58

4/25

2/25

6/50

12/33

2. I know enough about the cancer management alternatives

0.02

Donīt agree

-

-

-

-

1/6

1/13

-

1/3

Agree in some degree

1/20

-

-

1/5

8/50

1/13

1/8

3/8

Agree quite much

1/20

2/33

2/25

2/25

5/26

4/50

8/67

12/56

Totally agree

3/60

4/67

6/75

13/69

7/44

2/25

3/25

20/33

3. I want self to look for information about my cancer

0.02

Donīt agree

-

-

-

-

1/6

-

1/8

2/6

Agree in some degree

-

1/17

-

1/5

6/38

1/13

1/8

8/22

Agree quite much

2/40

1/17

2/25

5/26

4/25

3/38

5/42

12/33

Totally agree

3/60

4/67

6/75

13/68

5/31

4/50

5/42

14/39

4. I want self to look for information about the cancer management alternatives

0.38

Donīt agree

-

1/17

1/13

2/11

1/6

1/13

2/17

4/11

Agree in some degree

1/20

1/17

-

2/11

6/38

1/13

2/17

9/25

Agree quite much

2/40

3/50

4/50

9/47

5/31

1/13

4/33

10/28

Totally agree

2/60

1/17

3/38

6/32

4/25

5/63

4/33

13/36

5. I want to get as much information about my cancer as possible

0.03

Donīt agree

-

-

-

-

1/6

-

-

1/3

Agree in some degree

-

1/17

-

1/5

-

1/13

1/8

2/6

Agree quite much

1/20

-

-

1/5

6/38

2/25

4/33

12/33

Totally agree

4/80

5/83

8/100

17/89

9/56

5/63

7/58

21/59

6. I want to get as much information as possible about the cancer management alternatives of my cancer

0.13

Donīt agree

-

-

-

-

1/6

-

1/8

2/6

Agree in some degree

-

1/17

1/13

2/11

-

-

-

-

Agree quite much

2/40

-

2/25

4/21

2/13

2/25

3/25

7/19

Totally agree

3/60

5/83

5/63

13/68

13/81

6/75

8/67

27/75

7. I want as much as possible to participate decision-making about my cancer management

0.49

Donīt agree

-

-

-

-

-

-

1/18

1/3

Agree in some degree

1/20

1/17

1/12

3/16

-

-

-

-

Agree quite much

2/40

3/30

-

6/26

5/11

2/25

3/25

10/28

Totally agree

2/40

2/33

7/88

11/58

11/85

6/75

8/67

25/69

8. I want to know how effective my cancer management affects my cancer

0.95

Donīt agree

-

-

-

-

-

-

1/8

1/3

Agree in some degree

-

1/17

-

1/5

-

-

-

-

Agree quite much

2/40

1/17

2/25

5/26

3/18

-

2/17

5/14

Totally agree

3/60

4/67

6/75

13/68

13/81

8/100

9/75

30/83

9. I trust to my own skills to take care of myself between cancer management visits

0.08

Dontīagree

-

-

-

-

-

-

1/8

1/3

Agree in some degree

-

1/17

1/13

2/11

3/20

1/13

1/8

5/14

Agree quite much

2/40

1/17

3/38

6/32

9/60

4/50

5/42

18/51

Totally agree

3/60

4/67

4/50

11/58

3/20

3/38

5/42

11/31