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Table 1 Problem List (PL) categories reported by helpline callers (patients and carers)

From: Acceptability of the Distress Thermometer and Problem List to community-based telephone cancer helpline operators, and to cancer patients and carers

 

Patients n (%)

Carers n (%)

PL Categories

  

   Practical

89 (23.8)

63 (21.7)

   Family

48 (12.8)

50 (17.2)

   Emotional

170 (45.5)

159 (54.8)

   Spiritual

5 (1.3)

4 (1.4)

   Treatment

134 (35.8)

61 (21.0)

   Symptoms

42 (11.2)

36 (12.4)

   Other

91 (24.3)

62 (21.4)