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Table 1 Measures derived from data collection with questionnaire

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

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

  1. a List of 27 specific methods, space for additional therapies and specifications e.g. on type of herbal remedy or vitamin/mineral; b Free text option for specification of therapy and adverse effect; c Eight choices including no benefit at all