Table 3.
Trust, quality of decision making, and non‐adherence to treatment
| Domains (score range) | Treatment continuous/complete | Treatment interrupted/discontinued | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | Std. dev. | N | Mean | Std. dev. | ||
| Trust in physicians* (composite; range 5–25) | 36 | 19·4 | 4·2 | 12 | 18·4 | 5·6 | 0·85 |
| Collaboration in decision making** (composite; range 7–49) | 34 | 37·2 | 12·1 | 11 | 30·2 | 9·1 | 0·03 |
| Satisfaction with decision making** (composite; range 7–14) | 36 | 11·6 | 3·1 | 12 | 9·1 | 4·0 | 0·04 |
*
Wake‐Forest Trust Scale 11; a composite 5‐item 5‐point Likert scale reflecting trust in physicians; scores 1–3 = low trust and 4–5 = high trust.
**
Collaboration and Satisfaction about Care Decision scale 14, a 9‐item 7‐point Likert scale with domains of Collaboration and Satisfaction reflecting assessment of the quality of shared decision making; scores 1–3 = not high quality, 4 = neutral, and 5–7 = high.