Scottish Radiotherapy Patient Experience Survey 2014: Results for for Dundee Cancer Centre

This report presents the results of the first Scottish Radiotherapy Patient Experience Survey 2014 for Dundee Cancer Centre


Chapter 2: Information Questions

The tables below show results for questions that did not fit into the percent positive format used elsewhere within this report. These tables show the percentage of patients within this Radiotherapy Centre who selected each response option when answering these questions. The overall results from Scotland 2014 are also shown.

2.1. Website Information

Centre 2014

Scotland 2014

Number of respondents

Percentage

Number of respondents

Percentage

12. Did you look for information about radiotherapy on the cancer centre or hospital website where you had your radiotherapy?

Yes

21

11%

219

16%

No

168

89%

1,142

84%

Missing

2

 

42

14. If you did not look at the cancer centre or hospital website, was this because:

Didn't need to

65

39%

362

32%

Didn't want to

33

20%

204

18%

Didn't know there was any information on the website

33

20%

208

19%

No internet access

30

18%

290

26%

Some other reason

5

3%

53

5%

Missing

25

286

Centre 2014

Scotland 2014

Number of respondents

Percentage

Number of respondents

Percentage

15. Did you have the majority of your radiotherapy as an inpatient or as an outpatient?

I had the majority of my radiotherapy as an inpatient

16

8%

148

11%

I had the majority of my radiotherapy as an outpatient

173

92%

1,246

89%

Don't know / Can't remember

0

0%

0

0%

Missing

2

9

Centre 2014

Scotland 2014

Number of respondents

Percentage

Number of respondents

Percentage

22. How did you usually get to the hospital where you had your radiotherapy?

By car

150

83%

960

74%

By public transport (bus, train, taxi)

14

8%

158

12%

By ambulance / hospital transport

17

9%

156

12%

I walked / cycled

0

0%

23

2%

Missing

10

106

31. During your last course of radiotherapy, how many treatments (sometimes called visits or fractions) did you have?

1 - 5

55

29%

336

25%

5 10

5

3%

99

7%

More than 10

125

66%

882

65%

Don't know / Can't remember

4

2%

38

3%

Missing

2

48

Centre 2014

Scotland 2014

Number of respondents

Percentage

Number of respondents

Percentage

34. If yes, what type of groups were you given information about?

General cancer support groups in my area

102

53%

551

39%

Missing

89

852

Support groups for my specific type of cancer in my area

38

20%

192

14%

Missing

153

1,211

National cancer charities

38

20%

202

14%

Missing

153

1,201

Other groups

18

9%

85

6%

Missing

173

1,318

Contact

Email: Fiona Hodgkiss

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