Influence of Men’s Personality and Social Support on Treatment Decision-Making for Localized Prostate Cancer

Table 2

Factors associated with treatment choice.

Variable	Radiation versus WW/AS		Surgery versus WW/AS		Surgery versus radiation
	OR (95% CI	-	OR (95% CI	-	OR (95% CI	-
Consulted friends	11.07 (2.21 to 55.3)	<0.01	8.67 (1.73 to 43.6)	<0.01	0.78 (0.31 to 1.99)	0.61
Physician seen
Urologist only (ref.)
Urologist/PCP	0.29 (0.02 to 3.79)	0.35	1.20 (0.18 to 8.17)	0.86	4.12 (0.45 to 3.78)	0.21
Rad. onc. ± urologist/PCP	6.06 (0.74 to 49.4)	0.09	1.01 (0.15 to 6.65)	0.99	0.17 (0.03 to 0.94)	0.04

for age, comorbidities, tumor risk level, race, and treatment status. using multinomial logistic regression.