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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Sep 20;90(1):69–73. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.08.016

Table 3.

Involvement items by type of recommendation received.

Involvement items Overall
(N = 355) %
1. Lump Rec
N = 229%
2. Mast Rec
N = 97%
3. Different Rec
N = 29%
p value
Provider mentioned both mastectomy and lumpectomy as treatment options 54.6 47.2 61.9 89.7 <0.001*
Provider talked about the pros of both mastectomy and lumpectomy 33.0 30.6 34.0 48.3 0.16
Provider talked about the cons of both mastectomy and lumpectomy 21.1 14.8 30.9 37.9 <0.001**
Provider asked for patients’ treatment preference 44.8 40.2 43.3 86.2 <0.001***
Mean total involvement score 38.4 33.2 42.5 65.5 <0.001*

Lump, lumpectomy; Rec, recommendation; Mast, mastectomy.

*

p < 0.05 for all comparisons.

**

Column 2 > 1 and Column 3 > 1, p < 0.05.

***

Column 3 > 1 and Column 3 > 2, p < 0.001.