Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics, differences in decision-making, decisional conflict, knowledge and DA use between women who received a DA with information only or a DA with information and an explicit VCE (subdivided by whether they used the VCE or not), controlled for emotion induction condition

Age, mean (SD)

20.7 (3.3)

20.9 (3.5)

20.4 (3.5)

21.6 (3.5)

NS

NS

Child wish, yes, n (%)

56 (80)

64 (91)

34 (91)

30 (91)

6.9*

A < B

7.17*

A < D = C

Children, yes, n (%)

3 (4)

-

-

-

-

-

Partner, yes, n (%)

34 (49)

42 (60)

24 (65)

18 (55)

NS

NS

Decisional conflict

Total DCS, M (SD)

40.9 (11.6)

43.6 (14.2)

37.9 (15.7)

48.6 (10.6)

NS

6.4**

A = C < D

Values clarity, M (SD)

27.7 (14.5)

32.0 (18.4)

22.7 (16.4)

40.3 (16.1)

NS

9.4**

A = C < D

Decisional support, M (SD)

44.7 (14.2)

45.9 (16.7)

38.4 (18.2)

52.7 (11.9)

NS

3.4*

A = C < D

Effective DM, M (SD)

32.8 (15.7)

33.6 (18.7)

27.3 (19.9)

39.2 (15.9)

NS

4.4*

D > C

Uncertainty, M (SD)

36.6 (17.8)

40.3 (16.8)

40.9 (20.3)

39.8 (13.2)

NS

0.97

NS

Informed DM, M (SD)

65.2 (22.6)

69.6 (22.9)

64.1 (26.6)

74.5 (17.9)

NS

3.2*

A = C < D

Knowledge

Knowledge post DA, M (SD)

7.3 (1.9)

7.2 (1.7)

7.4 (1.7)

6.9 (1.8)

NS

NS

Time spent (minutes)

Total time spent, M (SD)

8.5 (7.4)

9.3 (8.4)

14.3 (9.2)

4.9 (4.4)

NS

9.2**

D < A < C

Time spent on information only, M (SD)

8.5 (7.4)

8.3 (7.3)

11.8 (8.0)

4.9 (4.4)

NS

3.9*

D < A < C

Pages viewed Δ

12.5 (2–38)

14.4 (3–36)

21 (9–36)

8.5 (3–17)

NS

27.61**

D < A < C

Made a decision, yes, n (%)

56 (80)

58 (82.8)

NS

NS