Influence of Men’s Personality and Social Support on Treatment Decision-Making for Localized Prostate Cancer

Table 3

Factors associated with treatment decisional quality outcomes.

Variable	Decisional satisfaction		Decision-making difficulty		Decisional regret
	OR (95% CI	-	OR (95% CI	-	OR (95% CI	-
Consulted family	0.65 (0.32 to 1.29)	0.22	2.59 (1.29 to 5.35)	<0.01	1.60 (0.81 to 3.19)	0.18
Consulted friends	0.98 (0.50 to 1.91)	0.94	3.70 (1.86 to 7.66)	<0.01	1.79 (0.92 to 3.54)	0.09
Consulted spouse/partner	0.69 (0.29 to 1.57)	0.39	2.23 (0.96 to 5.48)	0.07	1.05 (0.47 to 2.38)	0.91
Optimism	1.36 (0.87 to 2.27)	0.19	0.94 (0.59 to 1.47)	0.77	0.82 (0.51 to 1.28)	0.40
Pessimism	0.79 (0.50 to 1.25)	0.31	1.19 (0.75 to 1.89)	0.46	1.25 (0.79 to 1.98)	0.34
Faith score	1.34 (0.98 to 1.88)	0.08	1.56 (0.85 to 1.58)	0.36	0.97 (0.71 to 1.32)	0.84
Physician seen
Urologist only (ref.)
Urologist/PCP	1.74 (0.53 to 5.89)	0.36	0.79 (0.24 to 2.67)	0.69	0.49 (0.14 to 1.62)	0.25
Rad. onc. ± urologist/PCP	1.99 (0.62 to 6.52)	0.24	1.21 (0.38 to 3.98)	0.75	0.39 (0.11 to 1.25)	0.12

for age, comorbidities, tumor risk level, race, and treatment status. using logistic regression. . onc.: radiation oncologist.