Item | Attribute | Patients with difficulty (%) | No. of remarks codeda | Comprehension | Clarity | Knowledge/recall | Ease of judgment | Examples of patient remarks |
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Evaluated as “difficult to understand” by >20% of patients | ||||||||
Anxiety | Severity | 3/11 (27%) | 6 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | Cannot apprehend severity of worst anxiety |
Evaluated as “difficult to answer” by >20% of patients | ||||||||
Anxiety | Severity | 3/11 (27%) | 6 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | To know my anxiety at its worst is difficult due to ambiguous and constant nature of symptom |
Blurry visionb | Severity | 3/10 (30%) | 0 | . | . | . | . | – |
Body odor | Severity | 3/11 (27%) | 5 | . | . | 5 | . | I am not sure if I should give my own evaluation or third-person’s evaluation |
Decreased appetite | Interference | 3/11 (27%) | 2 | – | . | 2 | . | Hard to imagine a situation where decreased appetite interferes with daily activities |
Decreased sexual interest | Severity | 5/10 (50%) | 4 | . | . | 1 | 3 | Unsure if decreased sexual interest resulting from the aging process should be included |
Skin burns from radiationb | Severity | 4/10 (40%) | 0 | . | . | . | . | – |
Unable to orgasm/climax | Presence | 4/10 (40%) | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | This is a question for patients on lower stages, not for those on 4th stage |
Took too long to climaxb | Presence | 4/10 (40%) | 0 | . | . | . | . | – |