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Table 3 Mean differences in outcomes between arms according to gender mix

From: Genders of patients and clinicians and their effect on shared decision making: a participant-level meta-analysis

Outcome

Gender Mix

N (N (DA))

Mean Diffa(DA ā€“ UC) (95% CI)

Adj. Mean Diffb(DA - UC) (95% CI)

DCS Support

Same

344 (172)

3.8 (-0.1, 7.7)

3.9 (-0.3, 8.0)

Male CL/Female PT

258 (121)

8.3 (3.6, 12.9)

8.4 (3.6, 13.2)

Female CL/Male PT

104 (74)

8.4 (-2.0, 18.9)

8.3 (-0.2, 16.8)

DCS Informed

Same

347 (172)

8.3 (4.2, 12.5)

7.8 (3.4, 12.1)

Male CL/Female PT

259 (122)

12.4 (7.5, 17.3)

12.7 (7.8, 17.6)

Female CL/Male PT

104 (74)

9.3 (-0.1, 18.7)

9.5 (0.7, 18.3)

DCS Effective

Same

346 (172)

0.8 (0.1, 1.6)

1.1 (0.3, 1.8)

Male CL/Female PT

259 (121)

0.9 (0.0, 1.8)

1.0 (0.1, 1.9)

Female CL/Male PT

104 (74)

1.8 (0.1, 3.4)

1.8 (0.2, 3.3)

DCS Certain

Same

251 (126)

6.8 (2.1, 11.5)

7.0 (2.2, 11.7)

Male CL/Female PT

233 (115)

5.5 (0.3, 10.6)

5.5 (0.6, 10.4)

Female CL/Male PT

56 (34)

12.6 (3.1, 22.1)

14.0 (3.7, 24.3)

DCS Values

Same

251 (126)

10.9 (5.9, 15.9)

10.0 (5.2, 14.8)

Male CL/Female PT

233 (115)

9.8 (4.7, 15.0)

9.9 (4.9, 14.8)

Female CL/Male PT

56 (34)

12.3 (1.4, 23.1)

14.2 (3.7, 24.6)

Knowledge

Same

291 (153)

13.3% (7.7, 18.9)

13.7% (7.7, 18.6)

Male CL/Female PT

248 (120)

15.4% (9.4, 21.5)

15.4 (9.5, 21.2)

Female CL/Male PT

62 (38)

20.3% (8.6, 32.1)

21.0% (9.1, 32.9)

Engagement (OPTION)

Same

231 (120)

19.5 (14.6, 24.5)

19.4 (15.9, 22.8)

Male CL/Female PT

205 (99)

17.4 (12.1, 22.8)

19.0 (15.3, 22.6)

Female CL/Male PT

56 (33)

16.8 (8.6, 25.0)

19.1 (12.2, 26.1)

Satisfaction

Same

340 (170)

15.9 (6.2, 25.6)

18.4 (7.4, 29.5)

Male CL/Female PT

254 (122)

8.0 (-3.2, 19.2)

8.1 (-4.2, 20.3)

Female CL/Male PT

101 (70)

17.7 (-1.8, 37.1)

19.8 (-1.4, 41.0)

Concordance

Same

287 (144)

-8.9 (-19.3, 1.6)

-6.2 (-15.1, 2.7)

Male CL/Female PT

202 (103)

-17.7 (-30.1, -5.2)

-16.2 (-28.7, -3.7)

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Female CL/Male PT

94 (66)

10.0 (-10.4, 30.3)

7.6 (-9.2, 24.5)

  1. Abbreviations: DCS decisional conflict scale, M male, F Female, CL clinician CL, PT patient.
  2. aUnadjusted comparison.
  3. bAdjusted by fixed effects of age, education and type of clinician, interaction of gender mix and arm and a random effect of study.