Table 2

Terms compared within each included study

Study, countryPatientClientConsumerService user/userCustomerSurvivorPerson seeking healthcarePerson with 
condition*		Other term/s
Anczewska et al, 74 Polandx¶xxx
Aukst-Margetić et al, 32 Croatiax¶xx
Baskett,75 UKx¶xxxx
Batra and Lilford,43 UKxxxxx¶
Byrne et al, 76 UKx¶xxx
Covell et al, 15 USAxx¶xxx
Cybulska,34 UKx¶xxx
Deber et al, 31 Canadax¶xxxxx
Denning et al, 26 Australiax¶xxxxx
Dickens and Picchioni,19 UKx¶xxxx
Elliott and White,44 New Zealandx¶xxx
Heffernan,63 UKx¶xx
Keaney et al, 77 UKx¶xx
Lloyd et al, 46 Australiaxx¶x
Loudon et al, 47 UKx¶xxxx
Magnezi et al, 48 Israelx¶xxx
Mariotto et al, 14 Italyx¶xxx
McGuire-Snieckus et al, 42 UK†x¶xxx
Mueser et al, 70 USAxx¶xx
Nair,78 Australiax¶xxx
Nair et al, 79 Australiax¶xxx
Probert,35 UKx¶xx
Ramdass et al, 80 Trinidad and Tobagox¶xxx
Ritchie et al, 33 UKx¶x
Sharma et al, 45 UK and Canadax¶xxx
Sim et al, 41 Irelandxxxx¶
Simmons et al, 29 UKx¶xxx
Swift et al, 81 UK and Irelandx¶xx
Thalitaya et al, 16 UK‡x¶x¶xxx
Turner et al, 82 UKx¶xx
Upton et al, 49 UKx¶xxxxx
Wing,30 USAx¶x
Wittich et al 83 USAx¶xxx
Survivorship studies
PatientEx-patientPerson/someone who has had cancerCancer conquerorSurvivor/Cancer survivorVictimSomeone with cancerOther term/s
Bellizzi and Blank,50 USAxx¶xxx
Chambers et al, 51 Australiaxxx¶x
Cho and Park,55 USAxx¶xxx
Deimling et al, 54 USAxxx¶x
Deimling et al,85 USAxxx¶x
Kelly et al, 53 USAxxxxNone of the descriptors¶
Morris et al, 52 Australia and USA§xx¶x¶xx
Park et al, 84 USAxxx¶xx

  • *Includes ‘pregnant woman’.

  • †’Patient' preferred in all subgroups except social workers (’client' preferred); for occupational therapists, ’patient' and ’client' were equally most preferred.

  • ‡’Client' preferred before terms were defined, ’patient' preferred after terms were defined.

  • §’Person who has/had cancer' preferred by patients with prostate cancer (study 1), ’cancer survivor' preferred by patients with breast cancer (study 2).

  • ¶Term was most-preferred in this study.