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. 2014 Oct 22;15:77. doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-77

Table 2.

Decision process for medical procedures

Response Educational status
University/polytechnic Secondary Primary No formal education Total χ 2for trend [P value]
N = 379 N = 1517 N = 225 N = 351 N = 2472
Will leave all decisions to the doctor 83 [21.9%] 382 [25.2%] 58 [25.8%] 65 [18.5%] 588 [23.8%] 1.689 [0.194]
Will require the doctor to disclose everything about the procedure and be allowed to make a choice 213 [56.2%] 683 [45.0%] 131 [58.2%] 227 [64.7%] 1254 [50.7%] 18.9 [<0.01]*
Will require the doctor to disclose only the information he considers necessary 83 [21.9%] 452 [29.8%] 36 [16.0%] 59 [16.8%] 630 [25.5%] 12.96 [<0.01]*

*Significant.