Elicitation of preferences in the second half of the shared decision making process needs attention; a qualitative study

Table 2 Patient characteristics

Patients	Hospital	Surgical treatment at time of interview	Age	Level of education	Logged in PtDA	Interview length in minutes	DCS^a ^b
Patient 1	1	Mastectomy	44	High	Yes	32	10.9
Patient 2	2	Lumpectomy	58	Inter-mediate	No	31	28.1
Patient 3	2	Lumpectomy	50	Low	Yes	54	^c
Patient 4	1	Lumpectomy	55	High	Yes	41	31.3
Patient 5	1	Depending on chemo response	48	Inter-mediate	No	34	^c
Patient 6	1	Mastectomy	56	Inter-mediate	No	47	29.7
Patient 7	1	Lumpectomy	59	High	Yes	46	^c
Patient 8	3	Lumpectomy Mastectomy	44	Inter-mediate	No	46	^c
Patient 9	2	Lumpectomy	44	Inter-mediate	Yes	11	26.6
Patient 10	2	Lumpectomy	61	High	Yes	29	12.5
Patient 11	1	Lumpectomy	51	Low	No	32	26.6
Patient 12	5	Mastectomy	46	Inter-mediate	Yes	13	^c
Patient 13	5	Mastectomy	61	High	Yes	53	^c
Patient 14	4	Lumpectomy	66	Low	No	11	15.6
Patient 15	5	Lumpectomy	51	Low	No	16	32.8
Patient 16	5	Lumpectomy	68	High	Yes	35	^c
Patient 17	4	Lumpectomy	51	High	Yes	45	9.8
Patient 18	4	Lumpectomy	51	High	Yes	27	45.3
Patient 19	4	Lumpectomy	50	Inter-mediate	Yes	57:	26.6
Patient 20	4	Lumpectomy	53	High	Yes	28	26.6

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