Structures of psycho-oncological care in the participating breast cancer centres
| Provision of psycho-oncological care by permanent employees | Frequency | % |
| Yes | 46 | 86.8 |
| No | 5 | 9.4 |
| Missing | 2 | 3.8 |
| Total | 53 | 100 |
| Full-time-equivalent employees | Frequency | % |
| 0.1 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 0.5 | 11 | 20.8 |
| 0.65 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 0.75 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 1.0 | 13 | 24.5 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 1.5 | 4 | 7.5 |
| 2.0 | 11 | 20.8 |
| 3.0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Missing | 8 | 15.1 |
| Total | 53 | 100 |
| Mean | SD | |
| Full-time-equivalent employees | 1.23 | 0.70 |
| Professions involved in the psycho-oncological care | Frequency | % |
| Psychological service | 45 | 90.0 |
| Social service | 31 | 63.3 |
| Medical service | 41 | 80.4 |
| Nursing staff | 20 | 41.7 |
| Breast care nurses | 39 | 78.0 |
| Spiritual service | 31 | 66.0 |
| Is the staffing level sufficient to meet the psycho-oncological care needs of patients with breast cancer? | Frequency | % |
| Yes | 33 | 62.3 |
| No | 12 | 22.6 |
| Missing | 8 | 15.1 |
| Total | 53 | 100 |
| Correlation analysis | r | P value |
| FTE × number of surgeries (proxy for hospital size/number of patients) | 0.292 | 0.051 |
FTE, full-time-equivalent employees; r, Pearson correlation coefficient.