Table 3

Primary Care Physicians Behaviors in Guiding Patient in Final Decision Making Around Prostate Cancer Screening: 4 Coded Items

Guiding Final Decision	Overall (N=118) %	Control (n=57) %	Intervention (n=61) %
Indicates that decisions should be based on patient’s values^a	19	11	28
Tells patient to think about options^a	51	39	62
Encourages patient to seek input from others^a	16	7	25
Offers to provide additional information^a	27	18	36

Note: Percentage of physicians who provided guidance for final decision making regarding prostate cancer screening, at least once during an unannounced standardized patient visit.
↵a P <.05.