Table 5.
Comparisons between patients who did and did not want their ICD on measures of decision regret
| Did you want an ICD?a | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 214) | No (n = 49) | P-value (χ2) | |
| I would go for the same choice | |||
| Strongly Agree (n=158) | 68.4% | 28.3% | |
| Agree (n=68) | 25.0% | 32.6% | |
| Neither Agree/Disagree (n=18) | 5.2% | 15.2% | p < .001 |
| Disagree (n=11) | 0.9% | 19.6% | |
| Strongly Disagree (n=3) | 0.5% | 4.3% | |
| The choice did me a lot of harm | |||
| Strongly Disagree (n=156) | 66.8% | 32.6% | |
| Disagree (n=65) | 25.1% | 26.1% | |
| Neither Agree/Disagree (n=24) | 4.3% | 32.6% | p < .001 |
| Agree (n=11) | 3.3% | 8.7% | |
| Strongly Agree (n=1) | 0.5% | 0% | |
| Who made the final decision about your ICD? | |||
| Totally the patient (n = 49) | 18.8% | 19.1% | |
| Mostly the patient (n = 39) | 16.0% | 10.6% | |
| The doctor and patient equally (n = 118) | 50.2% | 23.4% | p < .001 |
| Mostly the doctor (n = 43) | 11.7% | 38.3% | |
| Totally the doctor (n = 11) | 3.3% | 8.5% | |
| How much did you and your doctors talk about how you felt about the possibility that your heart failure would continue to get worse? | |||
| A lot (n = 75) | 30.8% | 20.8% | |
| Some (n = 91) | 37.0% | 27.1% | p < .001 |
| A little (n = 41) | 17.1% | 10.4% | |
| Not at all (n = 52) | 15.2% | 41.7% | |
| Did your doctors explain that you had the option of not getting an ICD? | |||
| Yes (n = 192) | 79.8% | 57.8% | p < .002 |
| No (n = 61) | 20.2% | 42.2% | |
a
Totals may not equal 295 because of item non-response.