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Table 3 Patient and physician evaluation of SAKK cancer-specific geriatricassessment (C-SGA)

From: The SAKK cancer-specific geriatric assessment (C-SGA): a pilot study of a brieftool for clinical decision-making in older cancer patients

 

Patient N = 51

Physician N = 9

 
 

n (%) or mean ± SD

P value*

Patient questionnaire

   

Estimated time to complete

   

 Average time in minutes

17.33 ±7.34

20.59 ±6.53

0.02

 Rated time as acceptable

44 (96)

51 (100)

0.22

Ease of completing

   

 Easy/fairly easy

42 (91)

43 (84)

0.14 #

 Just right

4 (8.7)

3 (5.9)

 

 Hard/very hard

0 (0)

5 (9.8)

 

Patient reaction

  

§

 Interested

37 (73)

44 (86)

 

 Indifferent

7 (14)

5 (9.8)

 

 Rejecting

0 (0)

2 (3.9)

 

Difficult to answer questions

   

 Yes

5 (11)

8 (16)

0.91

 No

39 (89)

43 (84)

 

Unanswered questions

   

 Yes

6 (14)

11 (22)

0.03

 No

38 (86)

40 (78)

 

Medical record abstraction

   

Estimated time to complete

   

 Average time in minutes

–

8.32 ±4.72

 

 Rated time as acceptable

–

50(100)

 

Ease of completing

   

 Easy/fairly easy

–

47 (96)

 

 Just right

–

2 (4.1)

 

 Hard/very hard

–

0 (0)

 
  1. C-SGA Cancer-Specific Geriatric Assessment; SDstandard deviation.
  2. * Test of difference between patients and physicians.
  3. # Significance test based on two categories created bycollapsing the bottom two categories with the smallest cell countsinto one (e.g. Easy/Fairly easy vs. Just right/Hard/Very hard).
  4. § Significance test not possible due to zerocells.