BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Table 4 The comparison of each variable between two groups in the analysis II

From: Shared decision-making in physiotherapy: a cross-sectional study of patient involvement factors and issues in Japan

Characteristic		Participation	Non-participation
Characteristic		n = 87	n = 131	p^b
Age, yrs	Mean (SD)	69.4 (13.4)	70.6 (13.2)	0.505
Education, yrs	Mean (SD)	12.0 (2.7)	11.7 (2.5)	0.484
Environment	Hospital	24	59	0.011
Environment	Community	63	72
FAC	Level < 4	23	36	1.000
FAC	Level ≥ 4	64	95
Preferred role	Passive	14	64	< 0.001
Preferred role	Active/Collaborative	73	67
SDM-Q-9 score	Median (IQR)	80 (23)	60 (32)	< 0.001

Bold typeface shows significant results on a level of p < 0.05
^aComparison of patients between analysis I and analysis II
^bComparison of participation group and non-participation group in decision making
FAC Functional Ambulation Categories, SDM-Q-9 Nine-item Shared Decision-Making Questionnaire

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