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Table 1 SCAPE respondents’ characteristics, according to having left (or not) a free-text comment

From: Computer-assisted textual analysis of free-text comments in the Swiss Cancer Patient Experiences (SCAPE) survey

Variable

With a

free-text comment (n = 844)

%

Without a free-text comment (n = 1911)

%

Chi-squared

p-value or Hedges’ g for means

Women

66.2

58.7

< 0.01

Age (mean)

62.1

64.7

0.20

French as principal language

90.2

83.9

< 0.01

Education

  

< 0.01

 Primary

9.3

19.0

 

 Secondary

46.9

51.6

 

 Tertiary

43.8

29.4

 

Overall satisfaction (0 to 10)

  

< 0.01

 ≤ 7

20.9

15.1

 

 8

24.5

27.2

 

 9

26.7

29.0

 

 10

28.0

28.7

 

 mean

8.4

8.6

0.13

Cancer type

  

< 0.01

 Breast

44.9

38.0

 

 Prostate

7.1

9.3

 

 Lung

11.6

16.5

 

 Colorectal

9.7

10.8

 

 Hematologic

16.7

15.5

 

 Melanoma

5.2

5.2

 

 Several

4.7

4.6

 

Hospital

  

0.34

 Hospital 1

58.3

54.9

 

 Hospital 2

11.3

13.0

 

 Hospital 3

13.4

13.6

 

 Hospital 4

17.1

18.5

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