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Table 2 Involvement and information preference concerning SDM compared between pre-intervention group and intervention group

From: Improving shared decision-making in a clinical obstetric ward by using the three questions intervention, a pilot study

 

Pre-intervention group

N %

Intervention group

N %

P value

Involvement preferences

 The doctor should make the decisions using all that’s known about the treatments

2

6.1

2

6.9

 

 The doctor should make the decisions but strongly consider my needs and priorities

20

60.6

15

51.7

 

 The doctor and I should make the decisions together on an equal basis

4

12.1

5

17.2

 

 I should make the decisions, but strongly consider the doctor’s opinion

6

18.2

7

24.1

 

 I should make the decisions using all I know or learn about the treatments

1

3.0

0

0

0.800

Information preferences

 Prefer as many as details as possible

20

60.6

11

37.9

 

 I want only information needed to care for myself properly

5

15.2

8

27.6

 

 I want additional information only if it is good news

0

0

0

0

 

 I want as much information as possible, good and bad

8

24.2

10

34.5

0.194