Table 3

Worries about chemotherapy error and risk perception

VariablePercentage of participants
Level of worry about errors in chemotherapy
BaselineFollow-up
 Very worried010
 Somewhat worried2040
 Not at all worried8050
Perceived risk of error in chemotherapy as compared with error in myocardial infarction treatment
 Higher/much higher0
 Similar29
 Lower/much lower71
Perceived risk of error in chemotherapy as compared with error in hip-fracture treatment
 Higher/much higher4
 Similar2
 Lower/much lower64