Table 2 Presence and distribution of decision regret across sociodemographic, clinicopathological, and psychological characteristics*
Decision regret | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
n | % | n | % | p-value | |
373 | 10.9 | 3035 | 89.1 | ||
Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||
Age at survey, mean (SD), y | 78.9 (6.3) | 78.8 (6.5) | 0.712 | ||
Level of education | 0.196 | ||||
Low | 113 | 9.6 | 1066 | 90.5 | |
Intermediate | 64 | 11.9 | 473 | 88.1 | |
High | 49 | 13.0 | 328 | 87.0 | |
Tertiary | 96 | 10.2 | 844 | 89.8 | |
Partnership | 0.222 | ||||
Yes | 277 | 10.5 | 2358 | 89.5 | |
No | 51 | 12.5 | 356 | 87.5 | |
Children | 0.744 | ||||
Yes | 331 | 11.0 | 2679 | 89.0 | |
No | 40 | 10.4 | 343 | 89.6 | |
Clinicopathological characteristics | |||||
Years since RP, mean (SD) | 16.8 (3.61) | 16.4 (3.80) | 0.080 | ||
Positive PC family history | 0.015 | ||||
Yes | 171 | 12.5 | 1193 | 87.5 | |
No | 202 | 9.9 | 1842 | 90.1 | |
Secondary cancer | 0.274 | ||||
Yes | 39 | 9.4 | 377 | 90.6 | |
No | 334 | 11.2 | 2658 | 88.8 | |
PSA at diagnosis, mean (SD), ng/ml | 9.7 (10.1) | 10.6 (12.7) | 0.893 | ||
Organ defined disease at RP | 0.134 | ||||
Yes | 279 | 11.5 | 2141 | 88.5 | |
No | 94 | 9.7 | 871 | 90.3 | |
Lymph node invasion at RP | 0.469 | ||||
Yes | 12 | 9.0 | 121 | 91.0 | |
No | 360 | 11.0 | 2906 | 89.0 | |
Biochemical recurrence | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 165 | 13.3 | 1074 | 86.7 | |
No | 208 | 9.6 | 1961 | 90.4 | |
Current active therapy | 0.123 | ||||
Yes | 49 | 13.3 | 319 | 86.7 | |
No | 324 | 10.7 | 2716 | 89.3 | |
Psychological characteristics and HRQoL | |||||
Decision making | 0.005 | ||||
Active | 107 | 11.7 | 805 | 88.3 | |
Shared | 204 | 9.7 | 1890 | 90.3 | |
Passive | 57 | 15.2 | 319 | 84.8 | |
HRQoL | < 0.001 | ||||
< 70 | 236 | 14.2 | 1430 | 85.8 | |
≥ 70 | 129 | 7.6 | 1561 | 92.4 | |
PC anxiety | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 153 | 14.1 | 933 | 85.9 | |
No | 190 | 8.9 | 1937 | 91.1 | |
PSA anxiety | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 44 | 22.1 | 155 | 77.9 | |
No | 308 | 10.0 | 2766 | 90.0 | |
Positive screening for clinical depression | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 63 | 22.7 | 214 | 77.3 | |
No | 277 | 9.4 | 2663 | 90.6 | |
Positive screening for clinical anxiety | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 43 | 18.9 | 185 | 81.1 | |
No | 296 | 10.0 | 2675 | 90.0 | |