More primary care patients regret health decisions if they experienced decisional conflict in the consultation: a secondary analysis of a multicenter descriptive study

Table 1 Characteristics of patients, physicians and consultations

Characteristics	n = 258^a
Patients
Female, n (%)	179 (69)
Age, yr, mean ± SD	50.0 ± 17.8
Marital status, n (%)
Married/Common law	162 (63)
Single/Separated/Widowed	96 (37)
Education, n (%)
Secondary or none	93 (36)
College/Professional degree	81 (32)
University degree	81 (32)
DCS score
Mean ± SD	12.1 ± 11.2
Median (IQR)	10.9 (0–21.9)
Score >25/100, n (%)	50 (20)
Physical health
Mean ± SD	44.8 ± 11.9
Median (IQR)	47.5 (36.7–53.8)
Mental health
Mean ± SD	49.8 ± 10.9
Median (IQR)	51.6 (43.5–57.9)
Physicians
Female, n (%)	163 (63)
Age, yr, mean ± SD	37.9 ± 10.7
Professional status, n (%)
Residents	144 (56)
Teachers	114 (44)
Consultation
Type of decision, n (%)
Follow-up	115 (45)
Diagnostic	85 (33)
Treatment	57 (22)
Length, min, mean ± SD	31.0 ± 16.0
OPTION-3^rd observer score
Mean ± SD	24.7 ± 8.7
Median (IQR)	25.0 (18.8–29.2)

Note: n number of participants, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range
DCS Decisional conflict scale (score range 0–100, with higher scores indicating increased conflict)
Physical and Mental Health Composite Scores (PCS & MCS) of quality of life scale (score range 0–100, with higher scores indicating greater health)
OPTION-3^rd observer = Observing patient involvement (score range 0–100, with higher scores indicating greater shared decision-making behaviors evaluated by a 3^rd observer)
^aMissing data: 4 and 3 for patients’ age and education respectively, 2 for physicians’ age, 1 for nature of decision and 7 for DCS

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