Table 2.
(a) Medication initiation, (b) cancer screening, and (c) surgery: means and standard deviations of importance ratings (0–10)
| (a) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Importance variable* | Cholesterol‐lowering medication | Blood pressure medication | Anti‐depressants | |||
| N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | |
| Follow HCP advice (+/−) | 772 | 8.53 (2.30) | 771 | 9.09 (1.83) | 396 | 8.10 (3.15) |
| Lower risk (+/−) | 768 | 9.37 (1.74) | 776 | 9.55 (1.61) | – | – |
| Good level (+) | 765 | 9.05 (2.12) | 767 | 9.55 (1.39) | – | – |
| Complications (−) | 759 | 7.67 (3.45) | 766 | 7.10 (3.89) | 395 | 7.82 (3.51) |
| Monetary cost (−) | 762 | 5.89 (4.46) | 765 | 5.87 (4.59) | 393 | 5.68 (4.84) |
| No improvement (−) | 725 | 6.26 (3.94) | 732 | 6.17 (4.28) | 377 | 6.55 (4.32) |
| How long meds (−) | 749 | 7.07 (3.93) | 759 | 6.72 (4.48) | 386 | 7.10 (4.33) |
| Avoid meds (−) | 747 | 6.39 (4.27) | 748 | 6.02 (4.65) | 390 | 5.90 (4.59) |
| Feel better (+) | – | – | – | – | 395 | 9.26 (2.28) |
| Function better (+) | – | – | – | – | 394 | 9.20 (2.50) |
| Mean benefits (mean pros) (+) | 772 | 9.05 (1.72) | 778 | 9.43 (1.31) | 396 | 9.01 (2.13) |
| Mean costs (mean cons) (−) | 774 | 6.69 (2.90) | 778 | 6.44 (3.00) | 399 | 6.67 (2.93) |
| Difference between mean benefits and costs (mean_diff) (+) | 771 | 2.38 (3.17) | 777 | 2.99 (3.03) | 396 | 2.39 (3.28) |
| (b) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Importance variable* | Colon cancer screening | Breast cancer screening | Prostate cancer screening | |||
| N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | |
| Follow HCP advice (+/−) | 840 | 8.42 (2.43) | 862 | 8.69 (2.30) | 369 | 8.55 (2.42) |
| Fear (+) | 835 | 6.12 (3.88) | 862 | 6.97 (3.53) | 372 | 6.93 (3.71) |
| Find early (+) | 835 | 9.21 (2.06) | 863 | 9.41 (1.80) | 369 | 9.12 (2.34) |
| False neg (−) | 800 | 5.75 (4.05) | 842 | 6.93 (3.41) | 362 | 5.92 (3.85) |
| False pos (−) | 804 | 4.47 (3.90) | 840 | 5.72 (3.53) | 365 | 5.00 (3.81) |
| Complications (−) | 828 | 4.86 (3.94) | – | – | – | – |
| Discomfort (−) | 826 | 4.85 (4.00) | 860 | 5.06 (3.76) | 365 | 2.94 (3.65) |
| Monetary cost (−) | 829 | 4.06 (4.39) | 851 | 3.99 (4.12) | 364 | 3.46 (4.17) |
| Mean benefits (mean pros) (+) | 841 | 7.86 (2.29) | 871 | 8.31 (2.05) | 373 | 8.16 (2.31) |
| Mean Costs (mean cons) (−) | 843 | 4.85 (2.88) | 869 | 5.44 (2.62) | 372 | 4.35 (2.86) |
| Difference between mean benefits and costs (mean_diff) (+) | 840 | 3.03 (3.08) | 869 | 2.87 (2.87) | 372 | 3.80 (3.23) |
| (c) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Importance variable* | Knee–Hip surgery | Cataract surgery | Lower‐back surgery | |||
| N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | |
| Follow HCP advice (+/−) | 138 | 8.70 (2.89) | 198 | 9.29 (1.92) | 115 | 8.10 (3.32) |
| Do more (+) | 138 | 9.22 (2.34) | 189 | 8.12 (4.18) | 114 | 9.15 (3.02) |
| Complications (−) | 136 | 7.62 (4.22) | 189 | 6.44 (4.74) | 113 | 7.93 (4.61) |
| Monetary cost (−) | 136 | 5.36 (5.90) | 193 | 5.58 (5.32) | 115 | 5.66 (6.49) |
| No improvement (−) | 130 | 6.73 (5.37) | 185 | 6.27 (5.04) | 111 | 8.19 (4.03) |
| Recovery time (+) | 137 | 7.86 (4.01) | 190 | 6.54 (4.68) | 114 | 8.08 (4.54) |
| Feel/see better (+) | – | – | 197 | 9.31 (2.54) | 115 | 9.35 (2.09) |
| Mean benefits (mean pros) (+) | 138 | 9.00 (2.38) | 198 | 8.72 (2.86) | 115 | 8.89 (2.37) |
| Mean costs (mean cons) (−) | 139 | 6.98 (3.41) | 198 | 6.51 (3.67) | 115 | 7.55 (3.10) |
| Difference between mean benefits and costs (mean_diff) (+) | 138 | 2.03 (3.85) | 196 | 2.22 (3.74) | 115 | 1.34 (3.66) |
HCP, health‐care provider.
*For a definition of variables, see Table 1. Benefits = (+), cost = (−). The range of responses for each variable is 0–10 except for the difference between mean benefits and costs, where minima range from −10 to +10.