Exploring the Patient Engagement in the Healthcare Decision-Making Process and Its Association With Patients' Satisfaction.

Nurs Open · 2026 · PMC13052173 · PMID 41928053

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approached but did not reach significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although females (M = 2.91, SD = 0.17) reported slightly higher satisfaction than males (M = 2.84, SD = 0.12), the difference approached but did not reach significance ( p = 0.06).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Although some variations in mean satisfaction scores were observed—such as slightly higher satisfaction among single patients (M = 2.96) and retired individuals (M = 2.92)—these differences did not reach statistical significance.

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