Table 3.
General practitioners' and patients' perceptions of decision making at three months. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients unless stated otherwise
Intervention group
Control group
% difference (95% CI)
General practitioners
(n=48)
(n=49)
Who do you think made the treatment decision?:
Mainly or only general practitioner
1 (2)
5 (10)
8 (
18 to 1)
General practitioner and patient together
25 (52)
32 (65)
13 (
33 to 6)
Mainly or only patient
22 (46)
12 (25)
21 (3 to 40)
2
=6.458, df=2; P=0.04
Patients
(n=57)
(n=48)
Who do you think made the treatment decision?:
Mainly or only general practitioner
5 (9)
4 (8)
1 (
10 to 11)
General practitioner and patient together
34 (60)
42 (88)
28 (
44 to
12)
Mainly or only patient
18 (32)
2 (4)
28 (14 to 41)
2
=13.078, df=2; P=0.001
8 (
2=6.458, df=2;
P=0.04