Table 5.
Satisfaction With the Decision-Making Process by Patient Characteristics (N = 384)
| Patient Characteristics | N (%) | Not Satisfied (%) |
Satisfied (%) | P-value |
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| All respondents | 384 (100) | 11 | 89 | NA |
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| Age | ||||
| ≤ 60 | 203 (56) | 15 | 85 | 0.006 |
| > 60 | 158 (44) | 6 | 94 | |
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| Country | ||||
| Argentina | 97 (26) | 3 | 97 | 0.036 |
| Chile | 100 (26) | 13 | 87 | |
| Guatemala | 92 (24) | 14 | 86 | |
| USA | 90 (24) | 14 | 86 | |
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| Preference for decision-making process | ||||
| Active | 119 (32) | 10 | 90 | 0.796 |
| Shared | 179 (47) | 12 | 88 | |
| Passive | 79 (21) | 10 | 90 | |
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| Actual self-reported experience of decision-making process | ||||
| Active | 118 (31) | 7 | 93 | 0.164 |
| Shared | 154 (41) | 12 | 88 | |
| Passive | 104 (28) | 14 | 86 | |
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| Concordance between decision-making preference and experience | ||||
| Yes | 256 (68) | 10 | 90 | 0.219 |
| No | 119 (32) | 14 | 86 | |
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| Diagnostic disclosure preference | ||||
| Wants disclosure | 345 (92) | 10 | 90 | 0.010 |
| Does not want disclosure | 30 (8) | 27 | 73 | |
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| Prognostic disclosure preference | ||||
| Wants disclosure | 355 (95) | 10 | 90 | 0.045 |
| Does not want disclosure | 19 (5) | 26 | 74 |