Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Included Patients
Anxiety, anxiety
ONCOLOGY
Abbreviations: ECOG; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; GIS, general information sheet; QPS, question prompt sheet.Other includes American Indian or Alaskan Native, patient refused, and unknown.Measured using the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory. Scores range from 20 to 80, with higher score indicating higher anxiety.Measured using the Cassileth Information Styles Questionnaire, with a range of 1 to 5, with higher score indicating more desire for information.Measured using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, with a range of 0 to 10, with higher score indicating more severe symptom intensity. Total score is the sum of all 10 items, with a range of 0 to 100.Perception of helpfulness was equally high, with no statistically significant difference between the QPS and the GIS groups (mean [SD] helpfulness score, 7.2 [2.3] points vs 7.1 [2.7] points; 