Communication in Oncology Outpatient Clinic Settings: Congruence of Quality of Life Assessment between Patient-Physician and Patient-Caregiver Dyads

Figure 1

Relationship among functioning, burden level, age, and congruence of patient-physician symptom evaluation: the grey surface in the 3D regression plot depicts perfect congruence in symptom evaluation (patient-physician difference = 0); the circles and crosses demonstrate real data situated above and under the surface, respectively. The space above the surface means overestimation and the space under the surface represents underestimation. Category boundary for functioning impairment is 0–500 and 0–14 for burden.