Fig. 3
Respondents’ perception and priorities regarding the impact of the chronic condition on quality of life. Figure 3 shows respondents’ expectations regarding the impact of the chronic condition on quality of life, crossing the mean impact (range 0–5, 0 meaning no impact) and the priority mean rank (1–6, 1 meaning most important aspect to preserve). Both medians were used to create a matrix with 4 priority levels (level 1 meaning most important area). Items located in the red areas are the most impacted by the condition. Items located in the darker areas of both the red and green areas are the most important for patients. The 8 following items were displayed on the matrix: 1: daily mood. 2: ability to do physical activities. 3: social and family life. 4: autonomy. 5: food choices. 6: love/sex life. 7: professional life. 8: friends and family