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Flow chart showing selection of participants.
Tables
- Table 1:
Respondents’ descriptive sociodemographic characteristics (total weighted n = 1010)
Characteristic No. (%) of respondents Unweighted Weighted* Age, yr 18–24 34 (3.4) 55 (5.4) 25–34 131 (13.0) 204 (20.2) 35–44 136 (13.5) 134 (13.3) 45–54 204 (20.2) 200 (19.8) 55–64 231 (22.9) 179 (17.7) ≥ 65 274 (27.1) 238 (23.6) Sex Male 492 (48.7) 467 (46.2) Female 518 (51.3) 543 (53.8) Marital status Single 184 (18.2) 214 (21.2) Married/common-law 662 (65.5) 649 (64.2) Separated/divorced 101 (10.0) 89 (8.8) Widowed 48 (4.8) 42 (4.2) Prefer not to answer 15 (1.5) 16 (1.6) Member of household receiving home care Yes 79 (7.8) 90 (8.9) No 922 (91.3) 908 (89.9) Prefer not to answer 9 (0.9) 12 (1.2) Geographical area Urban 455 (45.0) 476 (47.1) Suburban 356 (35.2) 353 (35.0) Rural 190 (18.8) 173 (17.1) Do not know/prefer not to answer 9 (0.9) 9 (0.9) Ethnicity White 861 (85.2) 793 (78.5) Nonwhite 139 (13.8) 199 (19.7) Declined to answer 10 (1.0) 18 (1.8) Level of education Elementary 9 (0.9) 20 (2.0) High school 191 (18.9) 277 (27.4) College 335 (33.2) 310 (30.7) University certificate/diploma 85 (8.4) 68 (6.7) University 387 (38.3) 328 (32.5) Prefer not to answer 3 (0.3) 8 (0.8) Occupation, weighted Worker 497 (49.2) 516 (51.1) Unemployed 467 (46.2) 429 (42.5) Full-time studies 30 (3.0) 45 (4.4) Prefer not to answer 16 (1.6) 19 (1.9) Total family income, $ ≤ 19 999 65 (6.4) 85 (8.4) 20 000–39 999 129 (12.8) 132 (13.1) 40 000–59 999 156 (15.4) 169 (16.7) 60 000–79 999 147 (14.6) 141 (14.0) 80 000–99 999 132 (13.1) 131 (13.0) 100 000–124 999 114 (11.3) 97 (9.6) 125 000–149 999 60 (5.9) 54 (5.3) ≥ 150 000 83 (8.2) 83 (8.2) Prefer not to answer 124 (12.3) 118 (11.7) Province British Columbia 92 (9.1) 142 (14.0) Alberta 69 (6.8) 104 (10.3) Manitoba/Saskatchewan 68 (6.7) 58 (5.7) Ontario 335 (33.2) 335 (33.2) Quebec 383 (37.9) 307 (30.4) Atlantic provinces 63 (6.2) 65 (6.4) First language French 375 (37.1) 274 (27.1) English 524 (51.9) 511 (50.6) Other 109 (10.8) 221 (21.9) Prefer not to answer 2 (0.2) 5 (0.5) ↵* Weighted to Canadian census targets for age, sex, region and language based on distributions reported in the 2016 Canadian census. Numbers may not total 1010 in all cases as the weighting process involves approximations; the sum of approximations may lead to a difference of +1 or −1 in the total.
- Table 2:
Descriptive statistics of shared decision-making outcomes (total weighted n = 1010)
Outcome; response No. (%) of respondents Unweighted Weighted* Choice discussed Always 196 (19.4) 193 (19.1) Often 235 (23.3) 239 (23.7) Sometimes 301 (29.8) 293 (29.0) Rarely 106 (10.5) 104 (10.3) Never 130 (12.9) 134 (13.3) Do not know/prefer not to answer 42 (4.2) 46 (4.6) Advantages/disadvantages presented Always 198 (19.6) 206 (20.4) Often 236 (23.4) 253 (25.0) Sometimes 262 (25.9) 243 (24.1) Rarely 140 (13.9) 130 (12.9) Never 140 (13.9) 142 (14.1) Do not know/prefer not to answer 34 (3.4) 35 (3.5) Asked about ideas/preferences Always 168 (16.6) 169 (16.7) Often 219 (21.7) 223 (22.1) Sometimes 245 (24.2) 245 (24.3) Rarely 182 (18.0) 177 (17.5) Never 157 (15.5) 154 (15.2) Do not know/prefer not to answer 39 (3.9) 43 (4.3) Asked about preferred option Always 170 (16.8) 173 (17.1) Often 224 (22.2) 233 (23.1) Sometimes 250 (24.8) 250 (24.8) Rarely 161 (15.9) 147 (14.6) Never 164 (16.2) 163 (16.1) Do not know/prefer not to answer 41 (4.1) 43 (4.3) Match between preferred and actual level of participation Always 244 (24.2) 256 (25.3) Often 279 (27.6) 291 (28.8) Sometimes 219 (21.7) 211 (20.9) Rarely 142 (14.1) 132 (13.1) Never 90 (8.9) 89 (8.8) Do not know/prefer not to answer 36 (3.6) 32 (3.2) ↵* Weighted to Canadian census targets for age, sex, region and language based on distributions reported in the 2016 Canadian census. Numbers may not total 1010 in all cases as the weighting process involves approximations; the sum of approximations may lead to a difference of +1 or −1 in the total.
Variable Item; β (95% CI) Average score* Choice discussed Advantages/disadvantages presented Asked about ideas/preferences Asked about preferred option Match between preferred and actual level of participation Age, yr 18–24 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference 25–34 −0.47 (−0.83 to −0.1) −0.41 (−0.86 to 0.04) −0.61 (−1.05 to −0.17) −0.42 (−0.92 to 0.07) −0.43 (−0.97 to 0.12) −0.46 (−0.9 to −0.01) 35–44 −0.69 (−1.1 to −0.29) −0.56 (−1.04 to −0.09) −0.86 (−1.32 to −0.40) −0.60 (−1.12 to −0.08) −0.69 (−1.25 to −0.12) −0.76 (−1.23 to −0.30) 45–54 −0.63 (−0.99 to −0.27) −0.54 (−0.97 to −0.11) −0.88 (−1.3 to −0.45) −0.39 (−0.88 to 0.10) −0.64 (−1.19 to −0.10) −0.69 (−1.11 to −0.27) 55–64 −0.67 (−1.02 to −0.32) −0.55 (−0.97 to −0.13) −0.87 (−1.29 to −0.46) −0.50 (−0.99 to −0.02) −0.66 (−1.2 to −0.13) −0.75 (−1.17 to −0.33) ≥ 65 −0.90 (−1.26 to −0.54) −0.80 (−1.23 to −0.37) −1.14 (−1.57 to −0.72) −0.84 (−1.33 to −0.34) −0.90 (−1.44 to −0.35) −0.81 (−1.23 to −0.38) Member of household receiving home care No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Yes 0.45 (0.15 to 0.75) 0.44 (0.1 to 0.78) 0.49 (0.13 to 0.85) 0.50 (0.16 to 0.84) 0.45 (0.11 to 0.78) 0.37 (0.03 to 0.70) Geographical area Urban Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Suburban −0.14 (−0.33 to 0.05) −0.16 (−0.38 to 0.05) −0.12 (−0.34 to 0.10) −0.13 (−0.34 to 0.08) −0.14 (−0.36 to 0.08) −0.13 (−0.34 to 0.07) Rural −0.37 (−0.61 to −0.13) −0.48 (−0.76 to −0.20) −0.36 (−0.63 to −0.10) −0.41 (−0.67 to −0.15) −0.35 (−0.61 to −0.08) −0.26 (−0.54 to 0.02) Province Atlantic provinces Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference British Columbia −0.07 (−0.47 to 0.33) −0.04 (−0.50 to 0.41) 0.07 (−0.38 to 0.53) −0.17 (−0.65 to 0.30) 0.03 (−0.43 to 0.49) −0.23 (−0.67 to 0.21) Alberta −0.19 (−0.61 to 0.24) −0.10 (−0.60 to 0.40) −0.16 (−0.67 to 0.34) −0.36 (−0.84 to 0.12) −0.01 (−0.48 to 0.47 −0.32 (−0.79 to 0.15) Manitoba/Saskatchewan −0.08 (−0.48 to 0.32) 0.04 (−0.42 to 0.50) 0.00 (−0.47 to 0.48) −0.19 (−0.71 to 0.32 −0.09 (−0.57 to 0.39) −0.15 (−0.57 to 0.28) Ontario −0.20 (−0.50 to 0.11) −0.08 (−0.44 to 0.27) −0.06 (−0.43 to 0.31) −0.34 (−0.72 to 0.05) −0.19 (−0.56 to 0.18) −0.31 (−0.65 to 0.03) Quebec −0.29 (−0.60 to 0.02) 0.07 (−0.28 to 0.42) −0.19 (−0.55 to 0.18) −0.38 (−0.77 to 0.01) −0.40 (−0.78 to −0.01) −0.55 (−0.9 to −0.21) Ethnicity Nonwhite Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference White 0.21 (−0.03 to 0.45) 0.12 (−0.15 to 0.40) 0.24 (−0.03 to 0.51) 0.13 (−0.14 to 0.41) 0.19 (−0.08 to 0.46) 0.37 (0.09 to 0.64) Note: CI = confidence interval.
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