Scottish Radiotherapy Patient Experience Survey 2014: Results for Aberdeen Radiotherapy Centre
Results of the first Scottish Radiotherapy Patient Experience Survey 2014 for Aberdeen Radiotherapy 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.
| 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 | 29 | 13% | 219 | 16% |
| No | 193 | 87% | 1,142 | 84% |
| Missing | 6 | 42 | ||
| 14. If you did not look at the cancer centre or hospital website, was this because: | ||||
| Didn't need to |
62 |
32% |
362 |
32% |
| Didn't want to |
31 |
16% |
204 |
18% |
| Didn't know there was any information on the website |
45 |
23% |
208 |
19% |
| No internet access |
41 |
21% |
290 |
26% |
| Some other reason |
13 |
7% |
53 |
5% |
| Missing |
36 |
286 |
||
2.2 About Your Radiotherapy
| Centre 2014 | Scotland 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of |
Percentage |
Number of |
Percentage |
|
| 15. Did you have the majority of your radiotherapy as an inpatient or as an outpatient? |
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| I had the majority of my radiotherapy as an inpatient |
26 |
12% |
148 |
11% |
| I had the majority of my radiotherapy as an outpatient |
200 |
88% |
1,246 |
89% |
| Don't know / Can't remember |
0 |
0% |
0 |
0% |
| Missing |
2 |
9 |
||
2.3 Daily Treatment Vistis
| Centre 2014 | Scotland 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of |
Percentage |
Number of |
Percentage |
|
| 22. How did you usually get to the hospital where you had your radiotherapy? |
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| By car |
159 |
77% |
960 |
74% |
| By public transport (bus, train, taxi) |
24 |
12% |
158 |
12% |
| By ambulance / hospital transport |
21 |
10% |
156 |
12% |
| I walked / cycled |
2 |
1% |
23 |
2% |
| Missing |
22 |
106 |
||
| 31. During your last course of radiotherapy, how many treatments (sometimes called visits or fractions) did you have? | ||||
| 1 - 5 |
66 |
30% |
336 |
25% |
| 5 10 |
22 |
10% |
99 |
7% |
| More than 10 |
133 |
60% |
882 |
65% |
| Don't know / Can't remember |
1 |
0% |
38 |
3% |
| Missing |
6 |
48 |
||
2.4 Information About Support
| Centre 2014 | Scotland 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of |
Percentage |
Number of |
Percentage |
|
| 34. If yes, what type of groups were you given information about? |
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| General cancer support groups in my area |
99 |
43% |
551 |
39% |
| Missing |
129 |
852 |
||
| Support groups for my specific type of cancer in my area |
26 |
11% |
192 |
14% |
| Missing |
202 |
1,211 |
||
| National cancer charities |
27 |
12% |
202 |
14% |
| Missing |
201 |
1,201 |
||
| Other groups |
13 |
6% |
85 |
6% |
| Missing |
215 |
1,318 |
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Contact
Email: Fiona Hodgkiss
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