Cancer, Health Literacy, and Happiness: Perspectives from Patients under Chemotherapy

Table 2

State of health perceptions and purpose of chemotherapy, fear of the future, happiness, and information about the health status.

(a)  

		Purpose of chemotherapy		Total
		Curative	Palliative
State of health perceptions; How do you consider your state of health at the moment?
Very bad	Count; % of total	2; 4.00	1; 2.40	3; 3.30
Bad	Count; % of total	4; 8.00	5; 12.20	9; 9.90
Neither good nor bad	Count; % of total	25; 50.00	22; 53.70	47; 51.60
Good	Count; % of total	16; 32.00	12; 29.30	28; 30.80
Very good	Count; % of total	3; 6.00	1; 2.40	4; 4.40
Total	Count; % of total	50; 100.00	41; 100.00	91*; 100.00

(b)  

		Information about the state of health; I feel I am well informed on about my health.				Total
		I do not agree	I slightly agree	I quite agree	I totally agree
Fear of the future; I'm afraid of the future.
I do not agree	Count; % of total	1; 1.10	6; 6.60	4; 4.40	22; 24.20	33; 36.30
I slightly agree	Count; % of total	0; 0.00	6; 6.60	14; 15.40	8; 8.80	28; 30.80
I quite agree	Count; % of total	1; 1.10	1; 1.10	6; 6.60	5; 5.50	13; 14.30
I totally agree	Count; % of total	1; 1.10	7; 7.70	3; 3.30	6; 6.60	17; 18.70
Total	Count; % of total	3; 3.30	20; 22.00	27; 29.70	41; 45.10	91*; 100.00

(c)  

		Information about the state of health; I feel I am well informed on about my health.				Total
		I do not agree	I slightly agree	I quite agree	I totally agree
Happiness; Please, think in all aspects of your current life. All in all you say you feel:
Not happy	Count; % of total	0; 0.00	1; 1.10	1; 1.10	0; 0.00	2; 2.20
Few happy	Count; % of total	1; 1.10	7; 7.70	4; 4.40	3; 3.30	15; 16.30
Fairly happy	Count; % of total	2; 2.20	8; 8.80	20; 21.70	23; 25.00	53; 57.60
Very happy	Count; % of total	0; 0.00	5; 5.50	2; 2.20	15; 16.30	22; 23.90
Total	Count; % of total	3; 3.30	21; 22.80	27; 29.30	41; 44.60	92; 100.00

∗1 missing.