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Table 4 Results from the Likert evaluation stratified by perceived shared decision making

From: Could shared decision making affect staying in hospital? A cross-sectional pilot study

 

Shared Decision Makking?

No N (%)

Yes N (%)

Total

P-value

How would you rate the information you received about your health status?

Poor

7 (100)

0 (0)

7

< 0.001

Fair

14 (56)

11 (44)

25

Good

31 (36.9)

53 (63.1)

84

Excellent

15 (26.3)

42 (73.7)

57

How many times have your requests been fulfilled by healthcare professionals?

Never

4 (66.7)

2 (33.3)

6

0.008

Rarely

24 (53.3)

21 (46.7)

45

Very Often

12 (28.6)

30 (71.4)

42

Always

20 (28.6)

50 (71.4)

70

I don’t know

6 (66.7)

3 (33.3)

9

During your hospitalization how often the healthcare professionals used a language easy to understand?

Never

4 (80)

1 (20)

5

< 0.001

Rarely

26 (70.3)

11 (29.7)

37

Very Often

17 (34.7)

32 (65.3)

49

Always

17 (21.5)

62 (78.5)

79

I don’t know

3 (100)

0 (0)

3

During your hospitalization how often you had the feeling that your opinions were took in account by healthcare professionals?

Never

13 (76.5)

4 (23.5)

17

< 0.001

Rarely

19 (55.9)

15 (44.1)

34

Very Often

10 (21.3)

37 (78.7)

47

Always

13 (24.1)

41 (75.9)

54

I don’t know

11 (55)

9 (45)

20

During your hospitalization how often did you have the feeling that healthcare professionals were spending a proper amount of time taking care of you?

Never

8 (80)

2 (20)

10

0.005

Rarely

19 (45.2)

23 (54.8)

42

Very Often

20 (35.1)

37 (64.9)

57

Always

15 (25.4)

44 (74.6)

59

I don’t know

3 (75)

1 (25)

4

How much do you trust the information you received from healthcare professionals?

Not at all

1 (100)

0 (0)

1

0.195

Moderately

10 (55.6)

8 (44.4)

18

Very

34 (37.4)

57 (62.6)

91

Extremely

20 (32.8)

41 (67.2)

61