From: Cancer patients’ use of complementary and alternative medicine in Sweden: a cross-sectional study
Measures | Q No | Question | Response options | Additional free text option |
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Patient characteristics | 1 | Age | Open | |
2 | Gender | Man/woman | ||
3 | Cancer site | Open | ||
4 | Highest level of education | Multiple choice | ||
CAM use | 5 | Use of complementary or alternative medicine at any point in life | Yes/No | |
7 | Use of specific CAM therapy before and/or after cancer diagnosis, and/or in present time | Multiple choicea | X | |
8 | When was CAM initiated? | Open | ||
Adverse effects | 11 | Adverse effects | Yes/Nob | X |
Dialogue about CAM | 15 | Communication about CAM with conventional health care providers | Yes/No | |
15a | If communication, what was it about? | Open | ||
15b | If communication, were you satisfied with the dialogue? | Yes/No | X | |
15c | If not, why did you not communicate about CAM? | Open | ||
Sources of information | 16 | Source of information about CAM | Multiple choice | X |
18 | Desired information pathway regarding CAM | Multiple choice | X | |
Reasons | 9 | Reason for CAM use | Multiple choice | X |
6 | Main reason(s) for not using complementary and alternative medicine | Multiple choice | X | |
Benefits, satisfaction, costs | 10 | Perceived benefit of CAM therapy | Multiple choicec | X |
14 | Satisfaction with CAM use after cancer diagnosis | Multiple choice | X | |
12 | Expenditure on CAM methods per month | Multiple choice | ||
13 | Perception whether CAM use was worth the money | Yes/No | X | |
Role of cancer care in relation to CAM | 17 | Conventional health care providers should be able to answer questions about CAM | Multiple choice | |
19 | View on the role of conventional health care in relation to providing some CAM | Yes/No | X |