Table 5

Validity correlations

	Medication subscale (low scores positive–high scores negative attitudes)	Angiography subscale (low scores positive–high scores negative attitudes)	Surgery subscale (low scores positive–high scores negative attitudes)	Total subscales	Degner decision-making scale (ranked high to low preference for involvement)	Age	Sex
Strength of preference for (very strong–low–not at all strong preference–high)
Medication to prevent symptoms	0.260^**	−0.240^**	−0.107	−0.048	−0.046	0.065	−0.008
Medication to prevent symptoms and reduce risk	0.304^**	−0.296^**	−0.175^**	−0.093	−0.057	−0.004	0.009
Angiography	−0.168^**	0.570^**	0.492^**	0.498^**	−0.077	−0.128^*	−0.082
CABG	−0.192^*	0.541^**	0.627^**	0.504^**	−0.129^*	−0.173^**	−0.146^**
Degree of acceptability for (very acceptable low–not at all acceptable high)
Medication to prevent symptoms	0.258^**	−0.166^**	−0.069	0.014	−0.123^*	0.035	−0.034
Medication to prevent symptoms and reduce risk	0.298^**	-0.255^**	-0.159^**	-0.068	0.080	−0.052	0.002
Angiography	−0.145^**	0.573^**	0.477^**	0.515^**	−0.076	0.063	−0.097
CABG	−0.190^**	0.555^**	0.570^**	0.501^**	0.060	−0.144^**	−0.178^**
Degner decision-making scale (ranked high to low preference for involvement in decision-making)	0.015	−0.720	0.134^*	−0.068	–	−0.043	−0.027

CABG, coronary artery bypass graft.
↵* p<0.05
↵** p<0.01