Table 4.
Beta testing during the RCT among DTC patients.
| Patients (n=20) | |
|---|---|
| DA used before the conversation with your physician | |
| Yes | 18 |
| No | 2 |
| Partly | 0 |
| Why not or partly used? | |
| Too difficult | 0 |
| Too much information | 0 |
| No time to read the DA | 1 |
| No need for a DA | 1 |
| Patients (n=18) | |
| How much time (minutes) did you spend on the DA? | 45 |
| Values clarification exercise helpful? | |
| Yes | 15 |
| No | 3 |
| Better knowledge after reading the DA? | |
| Yes | 15 |
| No | 3 |
| Timing | |
| Too early | 0 |
| Too late | 6 |
| Just right | 12 |
| Length | |
| Too long | 1 |
| Too short | 1 |
| Just right | 16 |
| Amount of information | |
| Too much | 0 |
| Too little | 2 |
| Just right | 16 |
| Information balanced? | |
| Yes | 16 |
| No | 2 |
| DA is comprehensible in general? | |
| Good | 16 |
| Moderate | 2 |
| Bad | 0 |
| Readability | |
| Too easy | 1 |
| Too difficult | 0 |
| Just right | 17 |
| DA reliable | |
| Yes | 18 |
| No | 0 |
| Information in a logical order? | |
| Yes | 17 |
| No | 1 |
| Grade (0-10) | |
| 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 1 |
| Recommend use of DA? | |
| Yes | 18 |
| No | 0 |