Univariable analysis of factors predictive of participants selecting they would be ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ to offer an operation to the patient in each case
| | Case 1 (n=316) | Case 2 (n=290) | Case 3 (n=273) | |||
| Likely | P value | Likely | P value | Likely | P value | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 57 (73.1) | 0.324 | 29 (41.4) | 0.525 | 28 (42.4) | 0.351 |
| Male | 191 (80.6) | 95 (43.4) | 102 (49.5) | |||
| Fellowship training | ||||||
| Surgical oncology | 94 (87.9) | 0.002 | 52 (51.5) | 0.022 | 61 (61.0) | 0.002 |
| Trauma/acute care | 124 (72.5) | 57 (37.0) | 57 (40.4) | |||
| Current practice | ||||||
| Surgical oncology | 103 (86.6) | 0.009 | 57 (50.9) | 0.034 | 66 (59.5) | 0.002 |
| Trauma/acute care | 146 (74.1) | 68 (38.2) | 65 (40.1) | |||
| Years in practice | ||||||
| <5 | 61 (73.5) | 0.068 | 20 (28.6) | 0.040 | 25 (38.5) | 0.228 |
| 5–10 | 58 (73.4) | 30 (40.0) | 34 (47.2) | |||
| 11–15 | 32 (76.2) | 21 (55.3) | 19 (54.3) | |||
| 16–20 | 34 (85.0) | 18 (46.2) | 17 (44.7) | |||
| 21–25 | 26 (81.3) | 15 (50.0) | 14 (48.3) | |||
| >25 | 38 (95.0) | 21 (55.3) | 22 (64.7) | |||
| Type of practice | ||||||
| Academic | 151 (80.8) | 0.458 | 76 (44.2) | 0.924 | 79 (47.9) | 0.775 |
| Private | 38 (76.0) | 20 (40.8) | 20 (45.5) | |||
| Location | ||||||
| Northeast | 61 (85.9) | 0.051 | 34 (54.0) | 0.094 | 30 (51.7) | 0.416 |
| Southeast | 70 (82.4) | 34 (44.2) | 36 (49.3) | |||
| Midwest | 64 (80.0) | 35 (46.7) | 37 (52.8) | |||
| Southern | 14 (58.3) | 7 (31.8) | 7 (33.3) | |||
| Mountain West | 17 (68.0) | 6 (26.1) | 11 (50.0) | |||
| Pacific | 23 (74.2) | 9 (30.0) | 10 (34.5) | |||
| Rurality | ||||||
| Urban | 144 (76.6) | 0.461 | 68 (38.9) | 0.103 | 78 (47.6) | 0.478 |
| Suburban | 74 (83.2) | 39 (48.8) | 36 (46.8) | |||
| Rural | 25 (78.1) | 16 (57.1) | 15 (60.0) | |||
Individual cases were analyzed separately. Participant selections were averaged across all scenarios within each case.