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Original Research

Thyroid Cancer Patients’ View of Clinician Professionalism and Multidisciplinary Approach to Their Management

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Pages 1053-1061 | Published online: 07 May 2021

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Figure 1 Assessment of the importance of several items related to the clinic where patients are usually seen in the follow-up of their disease (A), and the characteristics of professionalism of specialists involved in the follow up of their thyroid cancer (B). Responses were measured on a 5-point scale and classified according to low (1–2), medium (3) and high (4–5) importance. Abscissa scale: percentage of patients. Values inside the rectangles indicate the number of patients in each group.

Figure 1 Assessment of the importance of several items related to the clinic where patients are usually seen in the follow-up of their disease (A), and the characteristics of professionalism of specialists involved in the follow up of their thyroid cancer (B). Responses were measured on a 5-point scale and classified according to low (1–2), medium (3) and high (4–5) importance. Abscissa scale: percentage of patients. Values inside the rectangles indicate the number of patients in each group.

Table 1 Patient Knowledge About the Existence of Multidisciplinary Teams on Thyroid Cancer and the Assessment of Their Case in the Hospital

Figure 2 Degree of agreement with five statements regarding the clinical approach of patients with thyroid cancer. Patients provided their perceptions by classifying them into three groups: agree, neutral, disagree. Abscissa scale: percentage of patients. Values inside the rectangles indicate the number of patients in each group.

Figure 2 Degree of agreement with five statements regarding the clinical approach of patients with thyroid cancer. Patients provided their perceptions by classifying them into three groups: agree, neutral, disagree. Abscissa scale: percentage of patients. Values inside the rectangles indicate the number of patients in each group.

Table 2 Proportion of Patients Who Agree with the Three Statements That Reached the Highest Degree of Agreement Classified According to Different Variables