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Participant flow.
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Answer to the question of how much benefit the patient received from web-based information in several respects (n = 49/54, 89%).
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Intervention (n = 75) Characteristic Standard care (n = 73) Utilized intervention (n = 54) Did not utilize intervention (n = 21) Age (y) Mean 63 64 64 Range 24–84 26–80 30–80 Known or suspected cancer diagnosis Lung cancer 25 (34) 23 (43) 7 (33) Colorectal cancer 5 (7) 15 (28) 2 (10) Ovarian cancer 9 (12) 5 (9) 4 (19) Other 34 (47) 11 (20) 8 (38) Sex Male 34 (47) 30 (56) 10 (48) Female 39 (53) 24 (44) 11 (52) Civil status* Married/cohabitant 53 (83) 37 (69) 11 (52) Single 8 (13) 8 (15) 3 (14) Widow/widower 1 (2) 3 (6) 3 (14) Living apart 2 (3) 1 (2) 0 Education* Compulsory school 13 (20) 7 (13) 7 (33) Upper secondary school 29 (45) 21 (39) 6 (29) University, 0–4 y 15 (23) 11 (20) 3 (14) University, >4 y 7 (11) 9 (17) 1 (5) Occupation* Working 19 (30) 13 (24) 5 (24) Sick leave 6 (9) 2 (4) 3 (14) Studies 1 (2) 1 (2) 0 Home work 4 (6) 0 (0) 0 Unemployed 2 (3) 1 (2) 0 Other 32 (50) 31 (57) 9 (43) Monthly income (Swedish kronas)* 0–4,999 1 (2) 1 (2) 0 5,000–9,999 2 (3) 1 (2) 2 (10) 10,000–14,999 12 (19) 12 (22) 6 (29) 15,000–19,999 19 (30) 11 (20) 3 (14) 20,000–24,999 5 (8) 9 (17) 2 (10) 25,000–29,999 12 (19) 4 (7) 2 (10) 30,000–34,999 5 (8) 2 (4) 0 >35,000 7 (11) 8 (15) 2 (10) PET/CT with contrast 62 (85) 42 (78) 17 (81) ↵* Did not complete questionnaire: 9 standard-care group; 5 intervention group, utilized intervention; 4 intervention group, did not utilize intervention.
Data are number of patients followed by percentage in parentheses, except for age.
Question Not at all To low degree To some degree To high degree To very high degree 1. Were you satisfied with the information you received before the examination? Intervention 1 (2) 4 (6) 15 (23) 32 (49) 14 (21) Standard care 1 (2) 2 (3) 18 (28) 33 (52) 10 (16) 2. Were you satisfied with the information you received when you came to the examination? Intervention 0 3 (5) 8 (12) 29 (44) 25 (38) Standard care 1 (2) 1 (2) 8 (13) 34 (53) 20 (31) 3. Were you satisfied with your interaction with the nursing staff during the examination? Intervention 1 (2) 0 8 (12) 27 (41) 30 (46) Standard care 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (5) 25 (39) 33 (52) 4. Did the nursing staff communicate in an understandable way? Intervention 0 0 7 (11) 28 (42) 31 (47) Standard care 0 1 (2) 3 (5) 29 (45) 31 (48) 5. Did the nursing staff convey a caring attitude? Intervention 1 (2) 1 (2) 7 (11) 23 (35) 34 (52) Standard care 1 (2) 1 (2) 3 (5) 28 (44) 31 (48) 6. Did you feel confident in the professional skills of the nursing staff? Intervention 0 0 4 (6) 27 (41) 34 (52) Standard care 0 0 1 (2) 25 (39) 38 (59) 7. Did the nursing staff have adequate time for you when you needed them? Intervention 0 3 (5) 9 (14) 24 (36) 15 (23) Standard care 0 1 (2) 5 (8) 29 (45) 29 (45) 8. Are you satisfied with how you will be notified about the examination results? Intervention 4 (6) 6 (9) 16 (24) 24 (36) 15 (23) Standard care 2 (3) 9 (14) 11 (17) 26 (41) 16 (25) 9. Did you get the impression that the work of the hospital was well organized? Intervention 1 (2) 5 (8) 5 (8) 36 (55) 18 (27) Standard care 1 (2) 0 10 (16) 30 (47) 22 (34) Intervention group, n = 66; standard-care group, n = 64.
Data are number of patients followed by percentage in parentheses. Overall satisfaction (sum of questions 1–7 and 9) had a mean, SD, median, minimum, and maximum of 28.4, 5.3, 28.0, 16.0, and 36.0, respectively, for the intervention group and 28.8, 4.9, 28.0, 15.0, and 36.0, respectively, for the standard-care group.
Question Intervention (n = 66) Standard care (n = 64) Did you know beforehand what an 18F-FDG PET examination was? Not at all 25 (38) 23 (36) Some 17 (26) 26 (41) Quite a lot 19 (29) 10 (16) I knew very much 5 (8) 3 (5) Did you know beforehand how an 18F-FDG PET examination was conducted? Not at all 22 (33) 28 (44) Some 19 (29) 24 (38) Quite a lot 20 (30) 9 (14) I knew very much 5 (8) 1 (2) Did you feel trapped during the examination? Not at all 39 (59) 45 (70) Some 22 (33) 12 (19) Much 4 (6) 5 (8) Very much 1 (2) 1 (2) How exhausting was the examination? Not at all 39 (59) 35 (55) Some 13 (20) 20 (31) Much 12 (18) 7 (11) Very much 1 (2) 2 (3) Was the examination as you expected it to be? Much easier 11 (17) 5 (8) A bit easier 13 (20) 17 (27) Just as I expected 36 (55) 36 (56) A bit worse 6 (9) 5 (8) Much worse 0 1 (2) Data are number of patients followed by percentage in parentheses.
Image-quality parameter Intervention (n = 75) Standard care (n = 73) Physiologic uptake in larynx None 37 (49) 29 (40) Some 29 (39) 36 (49) Much 9 (12) 8 (11) Amount of bladder activity Normal 64 (85) 57 (78) Abnormal 11 (15) 16 (22) Presence of activated brown fat None 75 (100) 69 (95) Some 0 4 (5) Much 0 0 Motion artifacts None 69 (92) 64 (88) Some 6 (8) 9 (12) Much 0 0 Degree of muscle uptake None 57 (76) 57 (78) Some 17 (23) 15 (21) Much 1 (1) 1 (1) Overall diagnostic accuracy Good 75 (100) 73 (100) Intermediate 0 0 Poor 0 0 Variant of uptake Benign 25 (33) 32 (44) Malignant 50 (67) 41 (56) Data are number of patients followed by percentage in parentheses.
Question Data How easy did you think it was to navigate in the web portal and use its features? Very easy 16 (33) Pretty easy 29 (59) Quite difficult 4 (8) Very difficult 1 (2) Was content presented so that it was easy to understand? Not at all 0 To small extent 0 To some extent 8 (16) To high extent 35 (71) To very high extent 6 (12) Did you experience technical problems with web portal? Not at all 20 (41) A little 12 (25) A part 7 (14) Pretty much 7 (14) Very much 3 (6) What did you think about the timing of when you got access to web-based information? Too early; it should have been presented closer to examination 0 It was at right time 43 (88) Too late; I had wanted access to web-based information earlier 6 (12) How much use did you have for the slide show? No use at all 1 (2) Little use 17 (35) Quite useful 20 (41) Very useful 10 (20) How much use did you have for the written text? No use at all 3 (6) Little use 15 (31) Quite useful 23 (47) Very useful 7 (14) How much use did you have for the frequently-asked-questions module? No use at all 8 (16) Little use 25 (51) Quite useful 15 (31) Very useful 0 On the whole, how satisfied are you with the web-based information? Very satisfied 15 (31) Mostly satisfied 27 (55) Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 6 (12) Quite dissatisfied 0 Very dissatisfied 0 Would you recommend web-based information to someone who will undergo the same PET/CT examination as you? Yes, absolutely 28 (57) Yes, I think so 20 (41) No, I do not think so 0 No, absolutely not 0 Total n = 49 (89% of those who used intervention). Data are number of patients followed by percentage in parentheses.
