Determinant | Associations studied for | Outcome |
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Age (N = 16) | Preferred role (n = 13) | |
Perceived role (n = 3) | - Older women perceived a more passive role [37] | |
- Younger perceived less active [49] | ||
- No association found [44] | ||
Congruence (n = 1) | - No association found [17] | |
Gender (N = 1) | Congruence (n = 1) | - No association found [17] |
Education level (N = 10) | Preferred role (n = 7) | - Higher educated prefer more often active role [12, 20, 26, 42, 54] |
- Lower educated patients prefer more often passive role [40, 50] | ||
Perceived role (n = 1) | - No association found [35] | |
Congruence (n = 2) | - If high school or less; patients preferred less involvement [49] | |
- No association found [17] | ||
Socioeconomic status (N = 1) | Preferred role (n = 1) | - Higher income prefer more active [22] |
Ethnicity (N = 2) | Preferred role (n = 1) | - Black patients (vs. white) prefer more passive [20] |
Perceived role (n = 1) | - Latina-Spanish speaking women preferred more involvement [58] | |
Marital status (N = 3) | Preferred role (n = 3) | - If partner than more often preference for a shared or passive role [36] |
- Widowed more like to prefer passive role [35] | ||
- Married, (who had lumpectomy and whose first language was English) prefer more active/shared roles [12] | ||
QoL (N = 2) | Congruence (n = 2) | |
Depression/Anxiety (N = 3) | Preference (n = 1) | - Patients who preferred a passive role were more depressed [46] |
Congruence (n = 2) | - Lower depression scores if congruence [57] | |
- Mismatch not associated with changes in anxiety levels [27] |