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159 Care providers evaluation of DA and usual information 8 options, providing insight in pros and cons), whereas preference clarification and uncertainty reduction were mentioned less frequently (Table 2). The mean overall satisfaction with the DA was 7.8 ( SD =0.7). A large proportion of health care providers (24/29) indicated to continue DA use after the trial period. 3.2 Control groups’ evaluation of usual information provision and DA expectations A variety of information routines was reported by health care providers from the trial’s control group. Verbal information and hospital specific materials were reported to be offered by all health care providers (97%). Additional information next to verbal information and hospital specific materials were not standard in all hospitals (Table 3). Patients are referred to oncology nurses for additional consultation in hospitals where oncology nurses are available, while additional consultation with a radiation oncologist is less common (indicated by 60% of respondents). Health care providers are satisfied with their current information routines ( M =8.1, SD =0.9; with 1=very dissatisfied- 10=very satisfied), but acknowledged that patient satisfaction with usual information might be lower ( M =7.3, SD =0.7; Table 3). Only 7 respondents (23%) indicated the amount of information that patients receive is appropriate, all other respondents ( n =23, 77%) felt Pca patients already receive too much information. On a 1-10 scale, the mean decision-making difficulty was estimated at 6.1 ( SD =1.8; with 1=no difficulty – 10=much difficulty). Table 1. Sample characteristics Total DA group (n=30) n (%) Usual care (n=33) n (%) p value 1 Gender Male Female 32 (51) 31 (49) 15 (50) 15 (50) 17 (52) 16 (48) .90 Profession Urologist Oncology nurse Other 37 (61) 21 (34) 3 (5) 15 (52) 12 (41) 2 (7) 22 (69) 9 (28) 1 (3) .27 Responses per hospital (min-max) 1-7 1-7 2-7 Overall satisfaction with DA/standard information (1=not at all – 10=very much) (mean, sd) 7.8 (0.7) 8.1 (0.9) .14 1 Based on comparison between both study arms, according to applied t-test or chi-square test