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. 2018 Dec 21;28(3):533–542. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1056

Table 2.

Effects of use of the decision aid on main outcome measures

T0 (baseline) T1 (immediately after use of the decision aid) T2 (2 weeks after baseline) T0–T1 T0–T2
Means (SD) Means (SD) Means (SD) T p ES T p ES
Decisional conflict
Total score (0–100)a 25.30 (11.61) 18.06 (11.60) 17.22 (13.46) 5.78 <0.001 0.73 3.65 0.001 0.51
Total score (excl. effective decision; 0–100) 35.54 (19.03) 25.33 (15.74) 26.31 (19.50) 7.88 <0.001 0.78 4.11 <0.001 0.44
Uncertainty 44.14 (28.00) 35.89 (25.81) 34.12 (24.15) 5.10 <0.001 0.51 4.58 <0.001 0.50
Informed 31.60 (20.25) 18.07 (13.28) 20.10 (16.48) 7.24 <0.001 0.72 4.51 <0.001 0.49
Values clarity 34.32 (22.40) 23.60 (17.99) 22.25 (18.56) 5.79 <0.001 0.58 5.21 <0.001 0.57
Support 32.10 (19.49) 23.76 (16.64) 22.16 (16.74) 6.07 <0.001 0.60 4.93 <0.001 0.53
Effectivea decision 22.22 (16.72) 15.77 (15.10) 12.98 (14.21) 3.68 <0.001 0.46 3.48 0.001 0.48
Knowledge
Total score (0–15) 9.28 (2.76) 13.16 (1.85) 12.63 (1.90) −13.89 <0.001 −1.37 −10.28 <0.001 −1.11
Natural conception (0–3) 2.29 (0.64) 2.66 (0.57) 2.81 (0.65) −5.58 <0.001 −0.55 −5.81 <0.001 −0.62
PND (0–5) 2.14 (1.29) 3.92 (1.10) 3.73 (1.47) −12.64 <0.001 −1.25 −8.14 <0.001 −0.86
PGD (0–7) 4.85 (1.54) 6.58 (0.83) 6.42 (0.95) −11.03 <0.001 −1.09 −8.69 <0.001 −0.92
Realistic expectations (0–3) 0.72 (0.71) 1.63 (1.12) 1.08 (0.96) −9.08 <0.001 −0.85 −3.92 <0.001 −0.37
Level of deliberation (6–30) 23.23 (4.47) 23.90 (3.70) 24.07 (3.42) −1.39 0.168 −0.16 −1.28 0.204 −0.16
Decision self‐efficacy (0–100) 77.23 (12.20) 79.43 (15.39) 79.81 (14.21) −1.57 0.119 −0.16 −2.11 0.037 −0.23
a

= 63 for T0–T1; N = 52 for T0–T2.