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Table 1 Goal content categories, average Kappas, % usage out of 503 goal statements, and % of 50 patients with ≥ one response/code

From: The psychological context of quality of life: a psychometric analysis of a novel idiographic measure of bladder cancer patients' personal goals and concerns prior to surgery

Goal Content Codes by Thematic Categories

Average Kappa‡

Proportion of All Responses (N = 503)

% Patients Responding in Category (N = 50)

MOTIVATIONAL THEMES

0.926

103.39%

100%

Achievement

0.856

24.65%

98%

Problem Solving

0.918

15.31%

98%

Prevent or Avoid Problems

0.930

13.72%

88%

Maintenance/Keeping Things as They Are Now

0.957

19.09%

92%

Letting Go of Responsibilities or Tasks

0.961

3.78%

34%

Accepting Circumstances

0.940

9.74%

76%

Reaching an Event/Milestone

0.920

17.10%

92%

HEALTH and TREATMENT

0.7

77.73%

100%

Cancer-Specific Goals

0.829

29.82%

92%

Provider and Treatment Related Concerns

0.717

26.24%

94%

Health Issues - Not Cancer

0.659

18.29%

82%

Existential and End of Life Concerns

0.595

3.38%

28%

FUNCTIONING

0.722

22.47%

62%

Independent Functioning*

0.374

13.12%

60%

Continence/Stoma

0.891

7.36%

40%

Sexual Functioning

0.902

1.99%

14%

MENTAL HEALTH and PERCEPTIONS

0.318

11.72%

56%

Mental Health and Mood State

0.498

7.75%

52%

Personality and Personal Attributes*

0.362

2.98%

22%

Body Image *

0.095

0.99%

10%

COMFORT and LIFESTYLE

0.542

52.09

100%

A Life on My Own Terms*

0.305

13.52%

72%

Leisure Activities

0.708

12.33%

66%

Living Comfortable*

0.195

9.74%

58%

Return to Life Before Cancer

0.480

7.36%

54%

Travel

0.900

5.96%

46%

Sports

0.881

2.78%

24%

Exercise*

0.326

0.40%

4%

EVENTS

0.509

11.92%

64%

Major Milestone

0.617

4.97%

38%

Special Plans

0.526

4.37%

34%

Cyclic Events*

0.385

2.58%

22%

RESPONSIBLITIES

0.743

19.48%

76%

Work and Unemployment

0.802

8.15%

52%

Financial Concerns

0.808

7.75%

50%

Education

0.891

1.79%

16%

Accomplishing Chores and Tasks*

0.472

1.79%

16%

RELATIONSHIPS and FAMILY CONCERNS

0.782

37.98%

78%

Interpersonal Relationships

0.716

16.50%

70%

Family In General

0.775

8.95%

56%

Children/Grandchildren

0.874

5.77%

40%

Intimacy and Sexual Relationship Concerns

0.611

3.78%

30%

Friends in General

0.933

2.98%

26%

HOME and COMMUNITY

0.725

7.16%

36%

Living Situation, Housing, Neighborhood

0.886

3.98%

28%

Societal and Altruistic Concerns*

0.504

1.79%

12%

Community Involvement and Voluntarism

0.643

0.99%

6%

Religious and Spiritual Concerns

0.866

0.40%

4%

PROBLEMS and CONFLICTS

0.655

5.98%

34%

Conflicts*

0.192

3.38%

30%

Drug and Alcohol Use

0.773

0.60%

6%

Legal and Crime Concerns

1.000

0.20%

2%

Racism^

 

0.00%

0%

Immigration and Citizenship^

 

0.00%

0%

OTHER

0.53

1.59%

12%

Non-answer*

0.194

1.19%

10%

Fantasy

0.866

0.40%

4%

  1. * Arbitrated category
  2. ^ Not used due limited responses in the category coded by the raters
  3. ‡ Average kappa values prior to arbitration