Table 1

Associations between decisional conflict and demographic, cancer, fertility or fertility preservation characteristics

Variables	n	Mean DC score (SD)	Pearson’s r	P value
Demographic characteristics
Age at diagnosis ≥35 years†	143			0.075
No	85	46.36 (30.08)
Yes	58	55.66 (31.10)
University education†	141			0.040*
No	64	56.03 (29.81)
Yes	77	45.40 (30.75)
Living in a relationship†	138			0.926
No	31	49.65 (24.50)
Yes	107	50.24 (32.57)
Cancer characteristics
Years since diagnosis‡	115		0.243	0.009*
Breast cancer†	142			0.654
No	79	50.91 (32.25)
Yes	63	48.57 (28.80)
Hopefulness to be cured‡§	143		−0.117	0.165
Fertility characteristics
Given birth†	143			0.722
No	104	49.57 (29.67)
Yes	39	51.63 (33.77)
Need for parenthood‡¶	143		−0.027	0.753
Fertility preservation characteristics
Health professional informed about cancer or treatment affecting fertility†	140			0.001*
No	33	68.86 (26.28)
Yes	107	44.07 (29.89)
Fertility preservation procedure undergone†	140			0.001*
No	96	59.20 (29.18)
Yes	44	30.35 (23.16)
Attitude towards fertility preservation‡¶	143		−0.083	0.327