Reported decision difficulty by each of the four surgeons for patient cases for which surgeons agreed and disagreed about treatment choice with the maximised life expectancy model's outcomes
| Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1: both the surgeons and the model recommended surgery; category 2: both the surgeons and the model recommended watchful waiting; category 3: surgeons chose surgery and the model recommended watchful waiting; category 4: surgeons chose watchful waiting and the decision model recommended surgery. | |||||
| Surgeon 1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| Surgeon 2 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Surgeon 3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Surgeon 4 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 3.0 |