| Worries about the complaint | Missing | Not at all | A little | To some extent | Quite a lot | A lot |
| I worried about loss of livelihood | 953 | 1889 (36%) | 605 (12%) | 1034 (20%) | 380 (7%) | 1283 (25%) |
| I worried about public humiliation | 951 | 1532 (30%) | 593 (11%) | 1164 (22%) | 606 (12%) | 1298 (25%) |
| I worried about professional humiliation | 923 | 1069 (20%) | 562 (11%) | 1229 (24%) | 738 (14%) | 1623 (31%) |
| I worried about having aspects of clinical practice restricted | 972 | 2296 (44%) | 720 (14%) | 810 (16%) | 446 (9%) | 900 (17%) |
| I worried about family problems | 984 | 2738 (53%) | 569 (11%) | 704 (14%) | 398 (8%) | 751 (15%) |
| I worried about having a marked record in the future | 937 | 1105 (21%) | 524 (10%) | 1098 (21%) | 746 (14%) | 1734 (33%) |
| I worried about financial costs | 985 | 2227 (43%) | 701 (14%) | 894 (17%) | 438 (8%) | 899 (18%) |
BMA, British Medical Association.