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 | value | 2nd visit | value | Active | Collaborative | Passive | Active | Collaborative | Passive |
| Distribution | 2 (2.4) | 51 (60) | 32 (37.6) | | 8 (9.4) | 54 (63.5) | 23 (27.1) | 0.003 |
| Surgical choice | Breast conservation | 2 (100) | 34 (66.7) | 21 (65.6) | 1.0 | 2 (25) | 43 (79.6) | 16 (69.6) | 0.001 | Mastectomy | 0 | 7 (13.7) | 4 (12.5) | 6 (75) | 9 (16.7) | 3 (13.0) | Not decided | 0 | 10 (19.6) | 7 (21.9) | 0 | 2 (3.7) | 4 (17.4) |
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Values are presented as number of patients (%).
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