Table 3.
Preferred versus achieved decision-making styles by operation choice
| Preferred decision-making style | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation choice | Active | Collaborative | Passive | Total |
| Mastectomy | ||||
| Achieved decision-making style | ||||
| Active | 52 (96)* | 18 (69) | 8 (57) | 78 (83) |
| Collaborative | 1 (2) | 7 (27)* | 2 (14) | 10 (11) |
| Passive | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 4 (29)* | 6 (6) |
| Total | 54 (100) | 26 (100) | 14 (100) | 94 (100) |
| BCS | ||||
| Achieved decision-making style | ||||
| Active | 79 (88)* | 62 (49·6) | 11 (23) | 152 (58·0) |
| Collaborative | 3 (3) | 44 (35·2)* | 4 (9) | 51 (19·5) |
| Passive | 8 (9) | 19 (15·2) | 32 (68)* | 59 (22·5) |
| Total | 90 (100) | 125 (100) | 47 (100) | 262 (100) |
Values in parentheses are percentages. BCS, breast-conserving surgery.
*
Perfect agreement between preferred and achieved decision-making styles. χ2 = 8·64, 4 d.f., P = 0·070.