Research Article

The Emotional Status, Attitudes in Decision-Making Process, and Their Impact on Surgical Choices in Korean Breast Cancer Patients

Table 4

Association between the Control Preference Scale and surgical choice.

1st visit value2nd visit value
ActiveCollaborativePassiveActiveCollaborativePassive

Distribution2 (2.4)51 (60)32 (37.6)8 (9.4)54 (63.5)23 (27.1)0.003

Surgical choice
 Breast conservation2 (100)34 (66.7)21 (65.6)1.02 (25)43 (79.6)16 (69.6)0.001
 Mastectomy07 (13.7)4 (12.5)6 (75)9 (16.7)3 (13.0)
 Not decided010 (19.6)7 (21.9)02 (3.7)4 (17.4)

Values are presented as number of patients (%).