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Table 2 Item descriptive for combined Cancer and CKD patient samples (N = 162)

From: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the quality of communication questionnaire

C-QOC Item

# Didn’t do (%)

# Missing (%)

Original Mean (SD)

Transformed Mean (SD)

Q1. Using words that you understand

1 (0.63%)

0 (0.00%)

8.74 (1.72)

8.73 (1.72)

Q2. Looking you in the eye

1 (0.63%)

7 (4.38%)

8.84 (1.67)

8.77 (1.8)

Q3. Answering all your questions about your illness and treatment

2 (1.25%)

7 (4.38%)

8.85 (1.7)

8.74 (1.96)

Q4. Listening to what you have to say

1 (0.63%)

3 (1.88%)

9.15 (1.26)

9.09 (1.45)

Q5. Caring about you as a person

1 (0.63%)

0 (0.00%)

9.16 (1.27)

9.15 (1.27)

Q6. Giving you his or her full attention

3 (1.88%)

2 (1.25%)

9.12 (1.29)

8.94 (1.79)

Q7. Talking with you about your feelings concerning the possibility that you might get sicker

43 (26.88%)

6 (3.75%)

8.86 (2.08)

6.41 (4.34)

Q8. Talking to you about the details concerning the possibility that you might get sicker

46 (28.75%)

6 (3.75%)

8.94 (1.88)

6.29 (4.38)

Q9. Talking to you about the trajectory of your illness

63 (39.38%)

6 (3.75%)

8.84 (2.07)

5.26 (4.63)

Q10. Talking to you about how long you might have to live

100 (62.50%)

6 (3.75%)

8.09 (3.13)

2.91 (4.31)

Q11. Talking to you about what dying might be like

93 (58.13%)

7 (4.38%)

7.97 (3.26)

3.19 (4.42)

Q12. Involving you in the decisions about the treatments that you want

if you get too sick to speak for yourself

76 (47.50%)

8 (5.00%)

8.29 (2.56)

4.20 (4.53)

Q13. Asking about the things in life that are important to you

88 (55.00%)

3 (1.88%)

8.14 (2.87)

3.64 (4.48)

Q14. Respecting the things in your life that are important to you

78 (48.75%)

3 (1.88%)

8.39 (2.58)

4.28 (4.59)

Q15. Asking about your spiritual or religious beliefs

85 (53.13%)

7 (4.38%)

8.29 (2.88)

3.75 (4.56)

Q16. Respecting your spiritual or religious beliefs

79 (49.38%)

9 (5.63%)

8.35 (2.82)

4.04 (4.61)

C-QOC summary score

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80.89 (23.41)

61.25 (21.86)

  1. Note: CKD: chronic kidney disease; C-QOC, Chinese version of Quality of Communication questionnaire. Transformed mean refers to the mean after substituting 0 for items rated “Didn’t do”