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)

$chi$ 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)

$chi$ ²=13.078, df=2; P=0.001