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. 2014 Sep 2;14:81. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-14-81

Table 3.

Mean differences in outcomes between arms according to gender mix

Outcome Gender Mix N (N (DA)) Mean Diff a (DA – UC) (95% CI) Adj. Mean Diff b (DA - UC) (95% CI)
DCS Support
Same
344 (172)
3.8 (-0.1, 7.7)
3.9 (-0.3, 8.0)
Male CL/Female PT
258 (121)
8.3 (3.6, 12.9)
8.4 (3.6, 13.2)
Female CL/Male PT
104 (74)
8.4 (-2.0, 18.9)
8.3 (-0.2, 16.8)
DCS Informed
Same
347 (172)
8.3 (4.2, 12.5)
7.8 (3.4, 12.1)
Male CL/Female PT
259 (122)
12.4 (7.5, 17.3)
12.7 (7.8, 17.6)
Female CL/Male PT
104 (74)
9.3 (-0.1, 18.7)
9.5 (0.7, 18.3)
DCS Effective
Same
346 (172)
0.8 (0.1, 1.6)
1.1 (0.3, 1.8)
Male CL/Female PT
259 (121)
0.9 (0.0, 1.8)
1.0 (0.1, 1.9)
Female CL/Male PT
104 (74)
1.8 (0.1, 3.4)
1.8 (0.2, 3.3)
DCS Certain
Same
251 (126)
6.8 (2.1, 11.5)
7.0 (2.2, 11.7)
Male CL/Female PT
233 (115)
5.5 (0.3, 10.6)
5.5 (0.6, 10.4)
Female CL/Male PT
56 (34)
12.6 (3.1, 22.1)
14.0 (3.7, 24.3)
DCS Values
Same
251 (126)
10.9 (5.9, 15.9)
10.0 (5.2, 14.8)
Male CL/Female PT
233 (115)
9.8 (4.7, 15.0)
9.9 (4.9, 14.8)
Female CL/Male PT
56 (34)
12.3 (1.4, 23.1)
14.2 (3.7, 24.6)
Knowledge
Same
291 (153)
13.3% (7.7, 18.9)
13.7% (7.7, 18.6)
Male CL/Female PT
248 (120)
15.4% (9.4, 21.5)
15.4 (9.5, 21.2)
Female CL/Male PT
62 (38)
20.3% (8.6, 32.1)
21.0% (9.1, 32.9)
Engagement (OPTION)
Same
231 (120)
19.5 (14.6, 24.5)
19.4 (15.9, 22.8)
Male CL/Female PT
205 (99)
17.4 (12.1, 22.8)
19.0 (15.3, 22.6)
Female CL/Male PT
56 (33)
16.8 (8.6, 25.0)
19.1 (12.2, 26.1)
Satisfaction
Same
340 (170)
15.9 (6.2, 25.6)
18.4 (7.4, 29.5)
Male CL/Female PT
254 (122)
8.0 (-3.2, 19.2)
8.1 (-4.2, 20.3)
Female CL/Male PT
101 (70)
17.7 (-1.8, 37.1)
19.8 (-1.4, 41.0)
Concordance
Same
287 (144)
-8.9 (-19.3, 1.6)
-6.2 (-15.1, 2.7)
Male CL/Female PT
202 (103)
-17.7 (-30.1, -5.2)
-16.2 (-28.7, -3.7)
  Female CL/Male PT 94 (66) 10.0 (-10.4, 30.3) 7.6 (-9.2, 24.5)

Abbreviations: DCS decisional conflict scale, M male, F Female, CL clinician CL, PT patient.

aUnadjusted comparison.

bAdjusted by fixed effects of age, education and type of clinician, interaction of gender mix and arm and a random effect of study.