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Table 3 Confirmed Patient Types

From: Configural frequency analysis as a method of determining patients' preferred decision-making roles in dialysis

 

Passive Role

Passive Role

Active Role

Active Role

 

Type 1 (n = 91)

Type 2 (n = 45)

Type 3 (n = 29)

Type 4 (n = 26)

Information-seeking preference

low

low

high

high

Trust in physician

> average

> average

< average

> average

Physicians' PDM style

positive

positive

negative

positive

Educational level

low

low

high

high

Age

56 -75 years

≥ 76 years

≤ 55 years

≤ 55 years