Summary of Primary Care Physician Behaviors in Shared Decision Making Regarding Prostate Cancer or Prostate Cancer Screening
| Behavior | Range | Overall (N=118) Mean No. | Control (n=57) Mean No. | Intervention (n=61) Mean No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall shared decision making–PCS scorea | 0–32 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 13.5 |
| Provision of information scale | 0–16 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.5 |
| Elicitation of patient’s perspectives scale | 0–12 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Guiding decision-making scalea | 0–4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
PCS=prostate cancer screening.
Note: Each item in the scale was given a value of 0 = did not occur, or 1 = occurred.
↵a P <.05.