Table 3.
Distribution of decisional conflict predictors across categories of decisional latency
| Decisional Latency “I was able to make my decision...” |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristica | Right away (n=2,206) |
After several hours (n=382) |
After several days (n=296) |
p value |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Decisional Conflict | 14.4 (12.7) | 20.1 (12.5) | 24.4 (12.2) | <0.01b |
| Age | 59.9 (8.1) | 60.7 (8.1) | 61.1 (7.7) | 0.02d |
| Months in registry | 57.7 (19.9) | 58.1 (19.5) | 57.0 (19.8) | 0.60b |
| Gx knowledge | 8.1 (2.5) | 8.2 (2.2) | 7.8 (2.6) | 0.08b |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Education (ordinal) | 0.01b | |||
| Grades 1–8 | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Grades 9–11 | 6 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | |
| Grade 12/GED | 242 (11.1) | 44 (11.8) | 44 (15.2) | |
| College 1–3 years | 823 (37.8) | 123 (32.9) | 121 (41.7) | |
| College 4+ years | 600 (27.5) | 117 (31.3) | 67 (23.1) | |
| Grad/professional school | 508 (23.3) | 89 (23.8) | 54 (19.7) | |
| Gender Male | 915 (42.1) | 179 (47.2) | 110 (37.8) | 0.04c |
| Race White | 2,102 (96.7) | 369 (97.4) | 281 (96.9) | 0.81c |
| Marital status | 0.38c | |||
| Married/Partnered | 1,807 (83.2) | 326 (86.0) | 239 (82.1) | |
| No longer partnered | 270 (12.4) | 34 (9.0) | 37 (12.7) | |
| Single, never married | 96 (4.4) | 19 (5.0) | 15 (5.2) | |
| Insurancee | 0.47c | |||
| Employer only | 1,368 (62.8) | 217 (57.7) | 174 (60.2) | |
| Government | 582 (26.7) | 119 (31.6) | 83 (28.7) | |
| Private | 211 (9.7) | 37 (9.8) | 31 (10.7) | |
| No insurance | 19 (0.9) | 3 (0.8) | 1 (0.3) | |
| Confidence w/ med forms | <0.01c | |||
| Extremely | 1,711 (78.6) | 279 (74.2) | 177 (60.8) | |
| Quite a bit | 356 (16.4) | 68 (18.1) | 77 (26.5) | |
| Not at all to somewhat | 109 (5.0) | 29 (7.7) | 37 (12.7) | |
| Full confidence in coping | 891 (40.7) | 89 (23.4) | 58 (19.9) | <0.01c |
| Previous Gx test | 227 (10.3) | 28 (7.3) | 19 (6.4) | 0.03c |
| Before enrolling, talked w/ | ||||
| Family Member | 546 (24.8) | 203 (53.1) | 157 (53.0) | <0.01c |
| Friend | 26 (1.2) | 15 (3.9) | 22 (7.4) | <0.01c |
| Healthcare provider | 30 (1.4) | 2 (0.5) | 8 (2.7) | 0.05c |
| RAVE Staff | 57 (2.6) | 5 (1.3) | 8 (2.7) | 0.31c |
| Other | 31 (1.4) | 5 (1.3) | 8 (2.7) | 0.22c |
a
Characteristics are included for analysis here based on their inclusion in the final logistic regression model;
b
Kruskall Wallis;
c
Chi-Square;
d
ANOVA F-Test.
e
At least 80% of expected cell counts are ≥ 5.