Comparing ESRD patient decision-making regret:
Postintervention
The 40 subjects (66Æ7%) taking dialysis four months after the
pretest included 23 (38Æ3%) in the experimental group and 17
(28Æ3%) in the control group. The majority (30 subjects,
50%) of the dialysis subjects chose HD and 10 (16Æ7%) chose
PD. The authors used an independent-sample t-test on the
decision regret scale to investigate differences in decision
result between those accepting dialysis in both groups.
Results illustrated in Table 4 show a statistical difference
(p < 0Æ001) between experimental group subjects who
accepted dialysis after DVD intervention and control group
subjects who accepted dialysis in terms of decision regret.
Results demonstrate that decision regret was significantly
lower in experimental group than in control group subjects
electing to receive dialysis.