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Table 5 Scale means by patient demographic and health factors

From: Development and psychometric properties of a brief measure of subjective decision quality for breast cancer treatment

 

Overall

Surgery

Chemotherapy

Radiation

 

N

Mean

N

Mean

N

Mean

N

Mean

Scale mean

298

6.45

295

6.56

207

6.33

255

6.55

Age

        

  < 58

148

6.40

147

6.411

114

6.25

122

6.52

  > =58

150

6.49

148

6.701

193

6.44

133

6.58

Months since diagnosis

        

  < 12

131

6.52

130

6.61

83

6.35

114

6.65

  > =12

167

6.39

165

6.51

124

6.32

141

6.48

Race/Ethnicity

        

  White

222

6.50

220

6.621

153

6.501,2

186

6.62

  Black

50

6.24

49

6.201

33

5.761

45

6.33

  American Indian

3

6.89

3

6.94

3

6.61

3

6.61

  Asian

12

6.61

12

6.71

9

6.31

11

6.60

  Hispanic

7

6.33

7

6.52

5

5.332

6

6.22

Education

        

  HS or less

27

6.59

27

6.70

16

6.18

25

6.55

  Some college

90

6.46

92

6.52

66

6.32

85

6.44

  College or greater

181

6.42

176

6.55

125

6.36

145

6.62

Treatment received

        

Radiation therapy

        

  Yes

206

6.46

206

6.56

143

6.36

210

6.59

  No

88

6.43

85

6.54

61

6.28

42

6.36

Chemotherapy

        

  Yes

128

6.37

133

6.381

132

6.26

112

6.49

  No

166

6.50

159

6.701

73

6.46

140

6.61

Lumpectomy

        

  Yes

219

6.48

215

6.61

145

6.37

214

6.57

  No

75

6.38

76

6.42

59

6.25

39

6.52

Mastectomy

        

  Yes

92

6.35

93

6.36

73

6.24

54

6.39

  No

201

6.48

197

6.64

131

6.37

197

6.59

  1. Values with common superscript differ significantly, t test p value < .05.