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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2011 Mar;6(1):39–50. doi: 10.1525/jer.2011.6.1.39

TABLE 3.

Effect of Study Condition on Judgments of Vulnerability, Decisional Capacity, and Institutional Risk.

Mean (95% CI)
Study Conditions Vulnerability Decisional
Capacity
Institutional
Risk*
Cancer/No Depression Information 6.3 (5.7-6.9) 5.0 (4.2-5.8) 2.9 (2.1-3.7)a
Pain/No Depression Information 6.7 (6.2-7.2) 5.9 (5.2-6.6) 3.4 (2.7-4.1)a
Cancer/General Depression Information 6.2 (5.7-6.8) 5.9 (5.2-6.6) 3.0 (2.3-3.8)a
Pain/General Depression Information 6.8 (6.2-7.4) 6.2 (5.4-7.0) 3.1 (2.3-3.9)a
Cancer/Study-Specifc Depression Information 6.5 (6.0-7.1) 6.0 (5.3-6.8) 3.1 (2.3-3.9)a
Pain/Study-Specifc Depression Information 7.1 (6.6-7.7) 5.5 (4.8-6.2) 3.7 (3.0-4.8)
Major Depressive Disorder 6.8 (6.2-7.4) 5.2 (4.4-6.0) 4.7 (3.9-5.6)
*

p < .05.

a

Signifcantly different (p < .05) from Major Depressive Disorder condition by simple contrast.

Note: Means and confdence intervals (CI) are adjusted for the covariate of illness severity.