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. 2012 Mar 13;106(6):1053–1061. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.61

Table 5. Reported details about discussions with medical oncologists about fertility related issues.

    Control
Intervention
   
Item Responses N % N % χ2 P-value
Thoroughness of fertility-related discussions with oncologista Not at all 4 6.2 1 2.3 1.50 0.47
  Briefly 18 27.7 19 43.2    
  Moderately 22 33.8 12 27.3    
  Quite a bit 13 20.0 9 20.5    
  Extensively 8 12.3 3 6.8    
               
Who was the discussion initiated by?b Patient 25 38.5 16 37.2 <0.001 1.00
  Clinician 36 55.4 23 53.5    
  Not discussed 4 6.2 4 9.3    
               
Extent to which discussion was prompted by educational materialsa Not at all 28 43.1 12 26.7 1.28 0.53
  A little bit 12 18.5 11 24.4    
  Moderately 16 24.6 15 33.3    
  Quite a bit 7 10.8 4 8.9    
  Very much 2 3.1 3 6.7    
a

Due to small cell sizes, for χ2 analyses responses were grouped into ‘not at all and briefly’, ‘moderately’, and ‘quite a bit and extensively’.

b

χ2 analyses excluded those in which fertility was not discussed.