Table 2.
Perceived difficulty of past decisions about GAD treatment.
| Treatment Decisions (n) | Mean Difficulty 1 | Preferred Role | Perceived Role | Role Matching | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Shared | Passive | p-Value 2 | Active | Shared | Passive | p-Value 2 | Less than Desired | Matched | More than Desired | p-Value 2 | ||
| Wait-and-see (34) | 2.03 (0.94) | 2 (0.97) | 1.70 (1.03) | 1.86 (0.69) | 0.120 | 2 (0.91) | 1.75 (1.05) | 1.50 (0.92) | 0.227 | 1.75 (1.16) | 1.69 (0.82) | 2.14 (1.03) | 0.406 |
| Medication (66) 3 | 1.66 (0.89) | 1.58 (0.88) | 1.66 (0.99) | 1.84 (0.71) | 0.802 | 1.72 (0.91) | 1.68 (0.81) | 1.50 (0.97) | 0.765 | 1.41 (0.97) | 1.58 (0.79) | 1.94 (0.96) | 0.153 |
| Psychotherapy (64) 3 | 1.34 (0.92) | 1.42 (0.86) | 1.36 (0.97) | 1.12 (0.94) | 0.583 | 1.56 (0.97) | 1.07 (0.82) | 1.14 (0.81) | 0.124 | 1.37 (0.88) | 1.13 (0.86) | 1.64 (0.98) | 0.157 |
| Combined therapy (38) | 1.29 (1.09) | 1.58 (1.16) | 1.27 (1.08) | 0.50 (0.58) | 0.230 | 1.52 (1.21) | 1 (0.94) | 1(0.82) | 0.407 | 1.22 (0.83) | 1.07 (1.03) | 1.57 (1.28) | 0.519 |
NOTE: data are means (SD). Items’ source: own contribution; 1 Scores range 0 (very easy) to 3 (very difficult); 2 p-values from Kruskal-Wallis’ test; 3 Mean of the averaged scores for each participant in the specific decisions (i.e., start, change, leave) she/he had faced.