Table 3 Differences in decision-making, decisional conflict, knowledge and DA use between women who received information only or information plus VCE (subdivided by referral to the VCE, and use of the VCE) (N = 197)
|  | Information only VCE- (N = 65) | Information plus VCE (VCE+) (N = 132) |  |  |  |  | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | A | No referral to VCE (n = 66) | With referral to VCE (n = 66) |  |  | Primary analysis (A vs B vs E) | Secondary analysis (H vs I) | |||||
|  | Total (no referral) (N = 66) | VCE not used (VCE + -) (n = 31) | VCE used (VCE++) (n = 35) | Total (with referral) N = 66 | VCE not used (VCE + -) (n = 17) | VCE used (VCE++) (n = 49) | Total VCE not used (C + F)(n = 48) | Total VCE used (D + G)(n = 84) | F- value | F- value | Post hoc analysis | |
B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |||||
Time spent (min) | 7.7 (5.6) | 8.9 (6.6) | 6.4 (6.5) | 11.2 (6) | 9.4 (6.9) | 4.8 (5.1) | 11.1 (6.8) | 5.8 (6.0) | 11.1 (6.4) | NS | 15.6** | H < I |
Time on informational pages | 7.7 (5.6) | 7.8 (5.93) | 6.4 (6.5) | 8.9 (5.2) | 7.1 (5.6) | 4.8 (5.1) | 7.9 (5.6) | 5.8 (6.0) | 8.3 (5.4) | NS | 4.3* | H < I |
Pages viewed (incl vce pages) | 13.3 (8.7) | 16.1 (9.7) | 11.1 (4.8) | 20.4 (10.9) | 17.4 (11.4) | 7.7 (3.6) | 20.7 (11.5) | 9.9 (4.6) | 20.5 (11.2) | NS | 20.9** | H < I |
Informational pages | 13.3(8.7) | 13.2 (6.1) | 11.1 (4.8) | 15.1 (6.6) | 11.9 (6.9) | 7.7 (3.6) | 13.3 (7.3) | 9.9 (4.6) | 14.1 (7.0) | NS | 7.1** | H < I |
Knowledge | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
After viewing the DA | 7.5 (1.6) | 7.1 (1.9) | 7.3 (1.9) | 6.9 (2.0) | 7.2 (1.8) | 6.5 (2.4) | 7.5 (1.5) | 7.0 (2.1) | 7.2 (1.8) | NS | NS | Â |
Decisional conflict | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Total DCS M (SD) | 44.1 (12.3) | 43.6 (11.4) | 41.8 (10.1) | 45.2 (12.3) | 41.6 (9.5) | 44.5 (7.6) | 40.6 (9.9) | 42.8 (9.3) | 42.5 (11.2) | NS | NS | Â |
Values clarity M (SD) | 32.9 (14.7) | 34.2 (15.2) | 33.6 (13.3) | 34.7 (16.8) | 30.6 (13.7) | 37.7 (12.2) | 28.1 (13.5) | 35.1 (12.9) | 30.9 (15.2) | NS | NS | Â |
Decisional support M (SD) | 45.2 (14.4) | 45.3 (14.5) | 43.3 (12.4) | 47.1 (16.0) | 43.3 (12.4) | 48.5 (12.6) | 41.5 (11.9) | 45.1 (12.6) | 43.9 (13.5) | NS | NS | Â |
Effective DM M (SD) | 37.3 (16.7) | 34.2 (14.3) | 31.6 (12.9) | 36.6 (15.2) | 32.3 (13.3) | 32.7 (16.7) | 32.1 (12.1) | 32.0 (14.2) | 34.0 (13.6) | NS | NS | Â |
Uncertainty M (SD) | 41.5 (16.7) | 40.9 (16.7) | 41.1 (17.2) | 40.7 (16.5) | 39.6 (14.6) | 37.3 (13.8) | 40.5 (14.9) | 39.7 (16.1) | 40.6 (15.5) | NS | NS | Â |
Informed DM M (SD) | 66.0 (21.4) | 66.5 (18.2) | 62.9 (20.4) | 69.7 (15.6) | 65.4 (19.9) | 70.6 (15.9) | 63.6 (21.0) | 65.6 (19.1) | 66.2 (19.1) | NS | NS | Â |
Personality traits, high M (SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Neuroticism | 3.1 (0.53) | 3.0 (0.61) | 2.9 (0.57) | 3.1 (0.64) | 3.1 (0.54) | 3.1 (0.62) | 3.1 (0.52) | 2.9 (0.58) | 3.1 (0.57) | NS | NS | Â |
Conscientiousness | 3.5 (0.54) | 3.6 (0.64) | 3.6 (0.59) | 3.5 (0.69) | 3.5 (0.63) | 3.4 (0.82) | 3.5 (0.56) | 3.5 (0.68) | 3.5 (0.61) | NS | NS | Â |
Monitoring | 19.7 (4.59) | 19.9 (4.31) | 20.1 (4.36) | 19.7 (4.30) | 19.7 (4.1) | 19.3 (4.36) | 19.9 (4.08) | 19.8 (4.34) | 19.8 (4.15) | NS | NS | Â |
Blunting | 18.6 (2.9) | 17.8 (3.11) | 18.1 (2.58) | 17.5 (3.53) | 18.1 (3.2) | 18.1 (3.49) | 18.1 (3.17) | 18.0 (2.88) | 17.9 (3.31) | NS | NS | Â |