Table 5.
Independent Samples t Test Examining Factors Associated With Decision to Enroll
| Decided to Enroll |
Undecided or
Decided Not to Enroll |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient-Reported Outcome | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | P |
| Decision-related affect/cognition | |||||||
| Confidence in decision | 3.52 | 0.71 | 3.04 | 0.46 | 1.55 | 27 | .13 |
| Confidence in oncologist | 3.62 | 0.51 | 3.10 | 0.46 | 2.43 | 31 | .02* |
| Oncologist-patient-family/companion relationship quality | 3.48 | 0.50 | 3.67 | 0.58 | .61 | 22 | .55 |
| Oncologist-patient-family/companion decision agreement | 3.65 | 0.53 | 3.11 | 0.19 | 3.14† | 9.02 | .01* |
| Reasons for decision | |||||||
| Personal | 2.67 | 0.44 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.56 | 22 | .02* |
| Physician communication | 2.54 | 0.64 | 1.67 | 0.29 | 2.30 | 25 | .03* |
| Family opinions | 2.28 | 0.55 | 1.83 | 1.04 | 1.15 | 19 | .26 |
| Cost manageability | 2.09 | 0.85 | 1.75 | 0.96 | .72 | 25 | .48 |
| Adverse effects manageability | 2.08 | 0.86 | 2.00 | 0.82 | .17 | 27 | .86 |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
*
P< .05.
†
Levene’s test for equality of variances was significant, so corrected t value and df are reported.