Table 6

Patient-nominated Negative Thought and Self Evaluation Changes During and After Grade 4 Episodes of Chemotherapy-induced Neutropenia

Patient-nominated Negative Thought and Self Evaluation Changes
Frequency Per Interview (N = 100) n (%)
Frequency Per Patient (N = 34) n (%)

Feeling of dread about coming for chemotherapy
10 (10%)
9 (27%)
Worrying about paying for extra care needed
9 (9%)
5 (15%)
Feeling useless/helpless, letting people down
7 (7%)
6 (18%)
Sense of loss of independence
6 (6%)
5 (15%)
Worrying about being around other sick people
5 (5%)
5 (15%)

Note: Thirty-four patients completed 100 interviews with each patient contributing between 1 and 4 interviews. To be included in the table, the complaint had to have been nominated within at least 5% of the interviews.

Fortner et al. BMC Nursing 2005 4:4   doi:10.1186/1472-6955-4-4