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Table 1 Primary, secondary, and exploratory outcomes

From: Randomized trial of community health worker-led decision coaching to promote shared decision-making for prostate cancer screening among Black male patients and their providers

Study endpoints/outcomes
Primary study outcomes
The following are primary study outcomes:
Decision quality: Measure of informed choice to evaluate screening decision and attitudes towards the screening test
Patient knowledge: Patient knowledge of prostate cancer and PSA screening
PSA screening rates: PSA rates collected through patient self-reported PSA testing and EHR data on PSA test utilization
Secondary Study Outcomes
Secondary study outcomes are:
Perception of quality of care: Patient perception of quality of care assessed through domains of communication, decisional self-efficacy, self-efficacy in communicating with their provider, satisfaction and decisional conflict
Experience with decision coaching program: Provider experience with decision coaching program measured through encounter satisfaction, difficulty, and communication
Exploratory outcomes
Net cost of CHW-led decision coaching program for PSA screening: cost of CHW-led decision coaching program and its effect on prostate cancer screening costs by measuring CHW program costs and healthcare utilization costs
Behaviors and norms around PSA screening and perceptions of feasibility and acceptability of CHW-led decision coaching: Qualitative evaluation of patient and provider perceptions through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and other qualitative data; triangulation of mixed methods data sets from patients and provider interviews, clinical encounters, and surveys to better understand implementation.