Table 1 Baseline demographics of patients and professionals in interviews and questionnaires
Interviews | Questionnaires | |
|---|---|---|
Patients (N = 11) | Patients (N = 77) | |
Duration interviews in minutes (mean – SD) | 19.8 (± 4.2) | – |
Age (mean – SD) | 42.1 (± 7.2) | 43.0 (± 6.5) |
Level of education | ||
Primary / pre-vocational school | 0 | 8 (10%) |
Vocational education | 3 | 26 (34%) |
Pre-college education / college | 1 | 30 (39%) |
University | 0 | 12 (16%) |
Missing | 7 | 1 (1%) |
Type of surgery | ||
Hysterectomy | 6 | 59 (77%) |
Sterilization | 5 | 18 (23%) |
Menopausal state | ||
Premenopausal | 10 | 60 (78%) |
Menopausal | 0 | 14 (18%) |
Post-menopausal | 1 | 2 (2%) |
Missing | 0 | 2 (2%) |
Family history of ovarian cancer | ||
First-degree relative | 1 | 2 (3%) |
Second-degree relative | 2 | 3 (4%) |
None | 1 | 70 (91%) |
Unknown / missing | 7 | 2 (3%) |
Made the decision on whether or not to undergo OS herself | ||
Yes, patient chose for OS | 7 | 55 (71%) |
Yes, patient chose against OS | 2 | 14 (18%) |
No, clinician made the decision | 2 | 6 (8%) |
Other | 0 | 2 (3%) |
Counselled by gynecologist | 11 | 74 (96%) |
Missing | 0 | 3 (4%) |
Satisfied with the decision | ||
Yes | 9 | 70 (91%) |
No | 0 | 3 (4%) |
Missing | 2 | 4 (5%) |
Professionals (N = 20) | Professionals (N = 204) | |
Gynecologists | 12 (60%) | 195 (94%) |
Duration interviews in minutes (mean – SD) | 24.9 (± 7.3) | – |
Age (mean – SD) | 47.4 (± 7.3) | 46.8 (± 7.8) |
Work experiences in years | 12 (IQR 7–16) | 10 (IQR 5–17) |
Gender | ||
Female | 9 | 132 (68%)* |
Male | 3 | 63 (32%)* |
Special interest1 | ||
Benign and/or endoscopy | 2 | 130 (67%)* |
Oncology | 11 | 83 (43%)* |
Urogynecology | 7 | 57 (29%)* |
Other | 0 | 6 (3%)* |
Type of hospital2 | ||
Academic | 1 | 40 (21%)* |
Teaching hospital | 9 | 110 (57%)* |
Non-teaching hospital | 2 | 50 (26%)* |
Gynecological residents | 8 | 9 (4%) |
Duration interviews in minutes (mean) | 40 | – |
Age (mean – SD) | 32.5 (± 2.9) | 34.4 (± 1.5) |
Gender | ||
Female | 7 | 7 |
Male | 1 | 2 |
Year of residency | ||
1 or 2 | 1 | 0 |
3 or 4 | 5 | 0 |
5 or 6 | 2 | 9 |
Special interest1 | ||
Benign and/or endoscopy | 0 | 7 |
Oncology | 2 | 2 |
Urogynecology | 6 | 5 |
Other | 0 | 0 |