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Table 3 Comparison of the importance scores between female and male patients and female and male health care professionals

From: Are health care professionals able to judge cancer patients' health care preferences correctly? A cross-sectional study

 

Gender

Gender

 

Patient

Health care professional

 

Female

(n = 252)

Male

(n = 134)

ES

Female

(n = 47)

Male

(n = 12)

ES

Scales

      

Mistakes by professionals

92 (13)

87 (14)**

.37

86 (14)

861 (17)

-

Physician and nurse expertise

90 (10)

88 (11)

-

87 (12)

79 (13)

-

Consultation and transfer

86 (13)

82 (14)*

.30

84 (14)

75 (18)

-

Physician attitude

83 (13)

78 (13)**

.38

77 (12)

71 (16)

-

Patient file confidentiality

84 (18)

75 (19)***

.49

87 (15)

79 (19)

-

Opportunity to choose in care and

      

treatment

82 (14)

77 (15)***

.35

78 (14)

77 (8)

-

Nurse attitude

81 (14)

74 (13)***

.51

83 (13)

67 (20)*

1.09

Communication and information

79 (11)

74 (13)***

.43

79 (9)

74 (12)

-

Accessibility of services

78 (14)

73 (13)**

.37

72 (12)

72 (16)

-

Waiting periods

80 (14)

69 (18)***

.71

78 (12)

69 (11)*

.76

Support, counseling and rehabilitation

65 (19)

55 (20)***

.52

69 (13)

58 (17)*

.79

Alternate sources of information

63 (24)

54 (21)***

.39

66 (13)

57 (13)*

.69

Appointments

61 (17)

55 (21)*

.32

64 (13)

57 (16)

-

Rooms and facilities

58 (15)

54 (14)*

.27

58 (12)

41 (13)***

1.39

Food and beverages

56 (19)

56 (19)

-

61 (19)

37 (22)***

1.22

Presence of loved ones

50 (27)

48 (26)

-

58 (22)

50 (17)

-

Privacy

49 (21)

42 (21)**

.33

55 (20)

52 (11)

-

Patient habits

43 (23)

43 (21)

-

54 (17)

37 (20)**

.96

Patient interest groups

40 (23)

32 (22)***

.35

47 (18)

35 (21)

-

Conveniences

37 (17)

36 (16)

-

47 (15)

32 (13)**

1.02

Fellow patient interaction

17 (19)

17 (20)

-

19 (17)

20 (15)

-

Single items

      

Hospital equipment

83 (20)

84 (20)

-

68 (20)

58 (21)

-

Consultation at ER by own doctor

80 (21)

77 (20)

-

72 (22)

61 (28)

-

Written information

80 (20)

73 (22)**

.34

81 (18)

66 (20)*

.82

Support of a case manager

76 (23)

71 (25)

-

71 (19)

64 (33)

-

Continuity in care

77 (20)

65 (23)***

.57

68 (20)

66 (20)

-

Support by paramedical staff

69 (19)

66 (16)

-

70 (15)

61 (19)

-

Attention for nutrition

68 (22)

67 (22)

-

68 (18)

41 (25)***

1.38

Leaving choices to doctors and nurses

67 (31)

63 (33)

-

61 (29)

63 (26)

-

  1. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001 (Mann Whitney tests)
  2. ES = Effect Size
  3. - = no statistically significant difference