Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratio of receipt of definitive treatment, surgery, and perceived quality of health care for men who obtained a second opinion compared to men who did not obtain a second opinion, overall and by the specific reason for obtaining a second opinion

	Outcomes (Odds Ratio; 95% Confidence Interval)*
	Receipt of definitive treatment	Receipt of surgery among men who received definitive treatment	Perceived quality of prostate cancer care
Obtained second opinion
No	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	0.95 (0.84-1.08)	1.11 (0.94-1.30)	1.04 (0.90-1.19)
Reason for obtaining second opinion (with not obtaining second opinion as the reference group) **
Wanted more information about my cancer	0.89 (0.68-1.19)	1.70 (1.24-2.34)	0.83 (0.64-1.08)
Wanted the best doctor	0.91 (0.67-1.22)	2.46 (1.72-3.51)	1.00 (0.76-1.33)
Encouraged by family/friends	0.64 (0.46-0.89)	2.25 (1.49-3.39)	0.75 0.55-1.03)
Wanted information about treatment not offered by initial doctor	0.94 (0.64-1.36)	1.33 (0.91-1.96)	0.70 (0.49-0.99)
Dissatisfaction with initial doctor	0.49 (0.32-0.73)	1.51 (0.84-2.72)	0.84 (0.55-1.28)
Other	0.79 (0.55-1.13)	1.11 (0.71-1.75)	1.16 (0.79-1.69)

^*Separate models were constructed for obtaining second opinions overall, and for each specific reason for obtaining a second opinion with not obtaining a second opinion as the reference group. All models were adjusted for sociodemographic factors (age, race/ethnicity, education, insurance, marital status), clinical factors (10-year mortality risk, clinical tumor stage, Gleason score), and visit to radiation oncologist

^**Respondents were able to select more than one reason

Bold indicates statistical significance at p<0.05