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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Mar;102(3):164–171. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30521-6

Table 3.

Change in main outcome variables

Outcomes Pre-test Post-test Change *p-value

Mean (sd) Mean (sd) Mean (sd)
Prostate cancer knowledge score (n=35) (range: 0-100) 22.5 (13.3) 48.2 (19.9) 25.7 (16.9) <0.0001
Decision self-efficacy score (n=48) (range: 0-100) 83.6 (23.2) 92.5 (15.5) 8.9 (19.6) 0.025
Decisional conflict score (n=48) (range: 0-100) 47.7 (14.3) 42.3 (17.8) -5.5 (16.2) 0.097
Control preference (n=67) N (%) N (%)
 % active 40 (59.7) 54 (76.1) 14 points <0.0001
 % collaborative 23 (34.3) 12 (16.9) -11 points
 % passive 4 (5.9) 5 (7.0) 1 points
*

p-value for Pooled t-test for equal variances

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Only a subset of participants completed each questionnaire; the same 48 participants completed Decision self-efficacy and Decisional conflict scales.