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. 2021 Apr 29;26(8):676–684. doi: 10.1002/onco.13784

Table 2.

Health‐related preferences

n (%)
Self‐assessment of physical health
Excellent 14 (20.9)
Very good 29 (43.3)
Good 18 (26.9)
Fair 5 (7.5)
Trust in health care provider
Yes, definitely 66 (98.5)
Yes, to some extent 1 (1.5)
No, not at all 0 (0.0)
Shared decision‐making preferences
I prefer to make the final treatment decision 0 (0.0)
I prefer to make the final treatment decision after seriously considering my doctor's opinion 24 (35.8)
I prefer that my doctor and I share responsibility for deciding which treatment is best 33 (49.3)
I prefer that my doctor makes the final treatment decision, but seriously considers my opinion 8 (11.9)
I prefer to leave all treatment decisions to my doctor 2 (3.0)
Medical minimizer‐maximizer scale
Maximizer 48 (71.6)
Minimizer 19 (28.4)
Health literacy: confidence in filling out forms
All of the time 58 (86.6)
Most of the time 6 (9.0)
Some of the time 1 (1.5)
A little of the time 2 (3.0)
None of the time 0 (0.0)
Worry of cancer recurrence
Mean 5.48
SD 3.56