Research Question #7
What level of satisfaction did the survivors have with the types of treatment and information they received?
Participants were asked to rate the treatment (including information they received) using a six-point scale (including no answer). The categories were no help, little help, some help, much help, and all help needed.
Family (44%), counselors (30%), and therapists (29%) had the most all help needed ratings. When combining all help needed and much help scores, family (66%), therapists (62%), support groups (57%), counselors (56%), and psychologists (53%) rated the most highly. Books or magazines (23%), schools (31%), doctors (35%), hospitals (37%), and teachers (37%) had fewer high ratings. The most no help ratings went to schools (32%), books and magazines (27%), teachers (21%), and special classes (20%). Books or magazines (41%), hospitals (40%), special classes (40%), schools (37%) and teachers (37%) received the most no help and little help combined ratings.
The fewest combined no and little help ratings went to counselors (13%), therapists (15%), rehabilitation facilities (17%), family (22%), support groups (26%), and psychologists (29%).
Sixty-nine percent rated schools, 65% doctors, 64% hospital and 63% teachers within the combined no, little, or some help categories. In contrast, only 33% rated family, 39% therapists, 43% support groups and 43% counselors in the no, little, or some help categories combined. Activities appealing to the psyche such as counseling, therapy, psychology, and support groups rated consistently higher. Schools, teachers, special classes, and books and magazines rated consistently lower. See Figures 8, 9, 10, and 11.
