Table 2.
Participant characteristics, by video vignette assignment.
| Participant characteristics | Vignette version |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low PCC (n = 114) | High PCC (n = 134) | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 57.8 (10.4) | 57.8 (11.4) | 0.98 |
| Female, n (%) | 66 (58) | 80 (60) | 0.77 |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | 0.66 | ||
| White/Caucasian | 61 (54) | 70 (52) | |
| Black/African-American | 47 (41) | 60 (45) | |
| Other | 6 (5) | 4 (3) | |
| High school degree or greater, n (%) | 95 (84) | 114 (86) | 0.72 |
| History of CAD, n (%) | 25 (22) | 19 (14) | 0.11 |
| History of prior CABG, n (%) | 4 (4) | 5 (4) | 0.93 |
| Somewhat or very familiar with CABG, n (%) | 58 (51) | 62 (46) | 0.47 |
| Close family or friend who has had CABG, n (%) | 52 (46) | 55 (41) | 0.47 |
| Decision-making role preference, n (%) | 0.54 | ||
| Doctor decides what is best | 5 (4) | 2 (1) | |
| Doctor considers patient preferences but makes final decisions | 13 (11) | 13 (10) | |
| Doctor and patient make decisions together | 88 (77) | 109 (81) | |
| Patient makes final decisions | 8 (7) | 10 (7) | |
| Assigned to female video physician, n (%) | 54 (47) | 71 (53) | 0.38 |
PCC: patient-centered communication; CAD: coronary artery disease; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft surgery.