Patients’ experience of the treatment
| Treatment-related question | MPM treatment process | ||
| Yes (%) | No (%) | Total | |
| Satisfaction with treatment (yes/no)* Overall have all the professionals involved in your treatment worked well together to provide the best possible care? | (n=380) 83.7% Women=85.9% Men=83.2% | (n=74) 16.3% Women=14.1% Men=16.8% | Total=460 N=4 chose not to say |
| Perception that health professionals had sufficient knowledge (yes/no) Do you think that the doctors treating mesothelioma knew enough about the condition and treatment?* | (n=396) 86.5% Women=84.4% Men=85.7% | (n=62) 13.5% Women=15.6% Men=14.3% | Total=458 N=2 chose not to say |
| Breathlessness controlled (yes/no)* Did hospital doctors and nurses do everything they could to help control any breathlessness? | (n=209) 68.5% Women=71% Men=67.2% | (n=96) 38.5% Women=29% Men=32.8% | Total=305 N=153 did not have this symptom |
| Fatigue controlled (yes/no)* Did hospital doctors and nurses do everything they could to help control any fatigue? | (n=154) 53.1% Women=49.2% Men=53.9% | (n=136) 46.9% Women=50.8% Men=46.1% | Total=290 N=168 did not have this symptom |
| Coughing controlled* Did hospital doctors and nurses do everything they could to help control any coughing? | (n=103) 53.3% Women=52.8% Men=52.4% | (n=94) 47.7% Women=47.2% Men=47.6% | Total=197 N=261 did not have this symptom |
| Pain controlled* Did hospital doctors and nurses do everything they could to help control any pain? | (n=218) 77.6% Women=71.1% Men=78.8% | (n=63) 22.4% Women=28.9% Men=21.1% | 281 N=177 did not have this symptom |
*None of the treatment processes were statistically significantly different between men and women.
MPM, malignant pleural mesothelioma.