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. 2024 Dec 19;25:424. doi: 10.1186/s12875-024-02667-z

Table 3.

Decisional Conflict Scale scores among respondents

Decisional Conflict Scale People with a most difficult decision (n = 1373) People with DCS score ≥ 37.5
(n = 462)
Total score Mean [95%CI] 30.76 [29.86 ; 31.66]
SD 17.02
Min 0.00
Max 93.75
Nb ≥ 25 952
% ≥25 69.34%
Nb ≥ 37.5 462
% ≥ 37.5 33.65%
Informed subscale score Mean [95%CI] 30.38 [29.37 ; 31.40] 49.12 [47.68 ; 50.55]
SD 19.24 15.69
Min 0.00 0.00
Max 100.00 100.00
Values clarity subscale score Mean [95%CI] 28.51 [27.54 ; 29.49] 46.16 [44.76 ; 47.55]
SD 18.42 15.27
Min 0 0.00
Max 100 100.00
Support subscale score Mean [95%CI] 30.92 [29.88 ; 31.96] 50.29 [48.90 ; 51.68]
SD 19.64 15.20
Min 0.00 16.67
Max 100.00 100.00
Uncertainty subscale score Mean [95%CI] 36.28 [35.15 ; 37.40] 56.67 [55.32 ; 58.02]
SD 21.28 14.76
Min 0.00 16.67
Max 100.00 100.00
Effective decision subscale score Mean [95%CI] 28.48 [27.52 ; 29.44] 46.55 [45.36 ; 47.74]
SD 18.11 12.97
Min 0.00 6.25
Max 100.00 100.00
Comparison between
Informed and Values clarity subscales p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Informed ans Support subscales p = 0.18 p = 0.06
Informed and Uncertainty subscales p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Values clarity and Support subscales p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Values clarity and Uncertainty subscales p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Uncertainty and Support subscales p < 0.001 p < 0.001

%: percentage, DCS: Decisional Conflict Scale, Nb: number of respondents with a DCS total score, SD: Standard Deviation, 95%CI: 95% Confidence Interval