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Table 4 Top 10 aspects mentioned most often by patients and carers as important in patients’ HRQoL

From: Social media as a tool for assessing patient perspectives on quality of life in metastatic melanoma: a feasibility study

Patients (n = 72)

Carers (n = 17)

Stage I (n = 18)

Stage II (n = 10)

Stage III (n = 16)

Stage IV (n = 28)

Familya

Familya

Familya

Familya

Capabilitya

Good carea

Feara

Worrya

Good medicinesa

No AEsa

Financesb

Enjoy life

Normal life

Normal lifea

Pain freea

Normal lifeb

Capabilityb

Therapy burden

Capabilityb

Drug effectivenessb

Supportb

Good doctorsb

Counsellingb

Enjoy lifeb

Familyb

Enjoy Lifeb

Good healthb

Enjoy lifeb

Supportb

Normal lifeb

Access to medicinesc

Normal lifeb

Good carec

Good care

Access to medicinesc

Fearc

Pain freeb

Good doctorsc

Good healthc

Curec

Good doctorsc

Relapseb

Not to worryc

Good informationc

Financesc

Capabilityd

Worryb

Pain freec

Access to medicinesd

Good carec

Friendsd

  

Friendsd

Good healthc

Good healthd

  

Pain freed

Uncertaintyc

No anxietyd

Patient networkd

Positive moodd

Workd

  1. aThe same number of respondents reported this aspect to be important in their HRQoL; bThe same number of respondents reported this aspect to be important in their HRQoL; cThe same number of respondents reported this aspect to be important in their HRQoL; dThe same number of respondents reported this aspect to be important in their HRQoL