Table 2.
Categorization of preferred roles in treatment decisions
| Study Sample | Current sample (doctor-patient) n (%) | Current sample (spousal) n (%) | Current sample n (%) | Canadian women in IVF treatmentb (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used vignette | Fertility treatment | Fertility treatment | Chest pain | Fertility treatmenta |
| Passive (hand over PS & DM) | 5 (2) | 114 (46) | 100 (41) | 10 |
| Shared - Leaning passive | 5 (2) | 72 (29) | 102 (41) | 37 |
| Shared – Equally | 183 (74) | 8 (3) | 16 (7) | 9 |
| Shared - Leaning autonomous | 35 (14) | 5 (2) | 3 (1) | 8 |
| Shared - Divide and share | 2 (1) | 44 (18) | 19 (8) | 35 |
| Shared - total | 225 (91) | 129 (52) | 140 (57) | 89 |
| Autonomous - Leaning shared | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Autonomous – Consumerist | 7 (3) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | |
| Autonomous - total | 9 (4) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Theoretically implausible (shared/keep PS and hand over DM) | 7 (3) | 2 (1) | 5 (2) | 1 |
| N | 246 (100) | 246 (100) | 246 (100) | 428 |