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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2018 Oct 29;102(3):595–601. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.10.019

Table 4.

Patient Characteristics Associated with Preference-Concordant Decision Making (n= 879)

Experienced Preference-Concordant Decision Making
Variable n, (%) OR (95% CI) P aORa (95% CI) P
Preferred decision-making approach
  Shared 157 (45.9) .42 (.32 – .56) < .001 .42 (.32 – .57) < .001
  Provider-driven 10 (25.6) .17 (.08 – .36) < .001 .21 (.10 – .45) < .001
  Autonomous 338 (66.8) Reference Reference
Race, ethnicity, and language
  Latina (Spanish speaking) 86 (41.3) .34 (.24 – .49) < .001 .40 (.22 – .73) .002
  Latina (English speaking) 45 (57) .64 (.38–1.05) .079 .79 (.45 – 1.4) .41
  Black 77 (53.5) .55 (.37–.83) .004 .76 (.45 – 1.3) .31
  Asian 37 (55.2) .59 (.35–1.01) .056 .73 (.41–1.3) .27
  Otherb 46 (63.9) .85 (.50–1.45) .556 1.1 (.60 –1.9) .80
  White 214 (67.5) Reference Reference
Educational attainment
  Some high school or less 74 (42.5) .39 (.27 – .57) < .001 .88 (.47–1.7) .69
  High school graduate 70 (52.2) .58 (.39 – .86) .007 1.1 (.61–1.96) .774
  Some college 91 (54.8) .65 (.45 – .93) .019 .99 (.61– 1.6) .95
  College graduate or more 269 (65.3) Reference Reference
Poor literacy 89 (47.6) .62 (.45 – .85) .004 .80 (.54 – 1.2) .28
Low numeracy 150 (49.8) .64 (.49 – .85) .002 1.2 (0.85–1.8) .28
Prior birth 258 (55.8) .91 (.70 – 1.2) .495 1.3 (.95 – 1.8) .11
Someone other than provider expressed opinion regarding decision for prenatal testing 287 (60.9) 1.4 (1.1 – 1.8) .011 1.1 (.8 – 1.5) .50
Prenatal care received at a safety net clinical site 171 (46.1) .47 (.35 – .61) < .001 .77 (.50– 1.2) .23

OR, odds ratio; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval

a

multivariate model adjusted for variables included in table and selected a priori

b

includes Native American (6), Filipina (31), Mixed (37), cannot choose (1)

Bold type indicates statistical significance at P ≤ .05