Table 5.
Respondents’ preferred mode of treatment decision‐making, by gender
Men (n = 102) n (%) | Women (n = 73) n (%) | Total (n = 175) n (%) | |
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Decision‐making role | |||
I decide | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 3 (2) |
Myself but consider surgeon's opinion | 10 (10) | 14 (20) | 24 (14) |
Surgeon and I share | 24 (24) | 26 (37) | 50 (29) |
My surgeon decides but considers my opinion | 33 (33) | 16 (23) | 49 (29) |
My surgeon decides | 32 (32) | 13 (19) | 45 (26) |
Where data are missing, columns do not add up to n.