Table 1.

Characteristics of men participating in the in-depth interview study

	Men receiving AM within ProtecT (N=22)	Men receiving AS (N=20)
Age at time of first interview: mean (range)	64;7 (53;11–70;10)	65 (55–70)
Ethnicity, N (%)
White	21	20 (100)
Other	1	0 (0)
Treatment decision-making
Accepted randomly allocated treatment	12	NA
Chose treatment	10	20
Interview type*
Telephone	33	0
Face-to-face	40	20

*Some men in ProtecT gave several interviews.

AM, active monitoring; AS, active surveillance; NA, not available; ProtecT, Prostate testing for cancer and Treatment.