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196 Chapter 10 Barriers against DA usage were reported by less than 10% of the participants, regardless of which DA they received (Table 3). Differences found between DAs, were related to format (unpractical, insufficiently adjusted to personal preferences) or subjective evaluations (no confidence, expected no benefit). Overall, most barriers were reported for the elaborate online DA3. Facilitators for DA use were reported by a large majority of participants (Table 2). For all DAs, more than 80% of participants found the DA pleasant to use and well organized and were confident in the DA quality. Overall, facilitators were reported mostly by respondents who used the most concise DA (DA2) and least by patients who used DA3. A full overview of the responses to perceived barriers and facilitators for all DA formats is presented in Table 3. Table 2. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of questionnaire responders DA 1 (n=255) DA 2 (n=183) DA 3 (n=235) p Age at informed consent, mean (SD) 66.0 (5.9) 66.3 (6.2) 64.9 (6.0) .04 Marital status, n (%) Married/living together 222 (87%) 149 (81%) 208 (88%) Single/Other 33 (13%) 34 (19%) 27 (12%) Education, n (%) Low 94 (37%) 64 (35%) 76 (33%) .008 Medium 62 (25%) 66 (36%) 54 (23%) High 96 (38%) 53 (29%) 101 (44%) Gleason score, mean (SD) 1 6.5 (0.7) 6.6 (0.9) 6.4 (0.8) .05 ≤6, n (%) 158 (63%) 90 (56%) 134 (61%) ≥7, n (%) 93 (37%) 71 (44%) 86 (39%) Missing, n 4 22 15 PSA level, mean (SD) 1 9.2 (5.3) 9.9 (8.3) 7.9 (3.9) .002 ≤10.0, n (%) 183 (73%) 110 (68%) 180 (77%) 10.1-20.0, n (%) 60 (24%) 42 (26%) 49 (21%) ≥20.1, n (%) 8 (3%) 9 (6%) 5 (2%) Missing, n 4 22 1 P -values report comparisons between trials for the control groups and DA groups, according to t -tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA) for means and χ 2 -tests for frequencies. Numbers may not always add up to the same n due to missing data (e.g. item non-response), percentages are rounded. ! Scores of participants from DA 1 and DA 2 were obtained from medical records, DA 3 presents self-reported scores.