Table 3.

Importance of information to patients, based on 6-point Likert Scale

	Mean Likert score for all 3 techniques*	Standard	Laparoscopic	Robotic	p- value†
Overall description of procedure	5.49
General description of procedure	5.60	5.52	5.61	5.69	< 0.0001
Technical details of procedure	5.30	5.17	5.32	5.44	< 0.0001
Clear statement procedure is new or standard	5.50	5.37	5.55	5.59	< 0.0001
Overall risks and benefits	5.75
Risks	5.80	5.79	5.81	5.78	0.19
Benefits	5.71	5.68	5.73	5.71	0.065
Risks unknown	5.77	5.74	5.80	5.77	0.027
Benefits unknown	5.71	5.65	5.74	5.68	0.006
Other surgeons’ experience	5.16
Number of times procedure done by anyone	5.14	4.90	5.16	5.40	< 0.0001
Other surgeons’ outcomes	5.17	5.03	5.19	5.33	< 0.0001
Your surgeon’s experience	5.60
Number of times procedure done by your surgeon	5.62	5.52	5.62	5.70	< 0.0001
Your surgeon’s outcomes	5.59	5.53	5.60	5.65	< 0.0001
Your surgeon’s first time	5.81	5.81	5.82	5.82	0.084
Surgeon’s special training	5.64	5.55	5.65	5.73	< 0.0001
Overall surgeon’s personal interest	4.50
Plans to publish article	3.94	3.90	3.97	4.00	< 0.0001
Doing research	4.45	4.39	4.47	4.50	< 0.0001
Paid consultant	5.13	5.08	5.14	5.18	< 0.0001

^*Skillings-Mack p < 0.0001 comparing mean Likert scores for the 5 categories of information in bold

^†Skillings-Mack comparison of Likert scores across all 3 surgical techniques