Table 3.

Differences with respect to mean ratings of patient behaviour between doctors who indicated that they prefer paternalism, SDM or informed choice (anova)

	Mean (SD)			F	Overall P‐value	Eta	Post hoc (mean difference, P‐value)
	Paterna‐listic	SDM	Informed choice				Paternalistic vs. SDM	SDM vs. Informed choice	Paternalistic vs. informed choice
Condition 1 (helpful for SDM)	3.7 (0.6)	3.7 (0.5)	3.9 (0.5)	0.9	0.40	0.02	−0.05, 0.90	−0.16, 0.60	−0.20, 0.40
Condition 2 (helpful for good decision)	3.7 (0.5)	3.9 (0.6)	4.0 (0.4)	3.2	0.04	0.05	−0.21, 0.10	−0.11, 0.83	−0.31, 0.19
Condition 3 (annoying)	1.9 (0.5)	1.7 (0.4)	1.6 (0.3)	5.6	0.005	0.08	0.20, 0.10	0.15, 0.51	0.36, 0.01

SDM, shared decision making.