TABLE 3.

Psychological and decision‐making variables stratified by treatment group

Variable		Continued AS (N = 515)	Delayed Treatment (N = 86)	P value
Psychological
PROMIS anxiety (higher = more anx)	Baseline	51.0 (8.52)	51.2 (8.63)	0.82
	Follow‐up	48.6 (8.18)	49.7 (8.38)	0.27
PROMIS depression (higher = more depr)	Baseline	48.3 (8.6)	48.4 (8.0)	0.86
	Follow‐up	47.1 (7.86)	47.9 (8.33)	0.37
Clark PCa Anxiety total; (hi = more anx.)	Baseline	10.7 (4.4)	11.0 (4.2)	0.57
	Follow‐up	10.5 (4.0)	11.3 (3.9)	0.12
Clark PCa Anxiety individual items
Worry about dying before my time.	Baseline: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	67.7% 32.3%	59.3% 40.7%	0.13
	Follow‐up: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	75.2% 24.8%	68.3% 31.7%	0.19
Worry about what my doctor will find next.	Baseline: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	61.5% 38.5%	56.9% 43.0%	0.43
	Follow‐up: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	65.6% 34.5%	63.4% 36.6%	0.71
Worry that changes in medical condition will not be detected early.	Baseline: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	61.5% 38.5%	52.3% 47.7%	0.11
	Follow‐up: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	67.4% 32.6%	52.4% 47.6%	0.008
Live in fear that my PSA will rise.	Baseline Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	64.0% 35.9%	63.9% 36.1%	0.99
	Follow‐up: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	67.9% 32.1%	68.3% 31.7%	0.94
Confident that my cancer can be kept under control.	Baseline: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	70.9% 29.0%	67.4% 32.6%	0.51
	Follow‐up: Not at all/A little Somewhat/Quite a bit/Very much	56.4% 43.6%	48.8% 51.2%	0.20
Baseline Health Concern (see Table S1 for additional Health Concerns)
Want the cancer removed from your body	Not at all/Somewhat important Very important	253 (49.5%) 258 (50.5%)	31 (36.1%) 55 (63.9%)	0.049