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Table 2 Study data summary

From: Cost talk: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial of an intervention helping patients and urologic surgeons discuss costs of care for slow-growing prostate cancer during shared decision-making

Domain (measure)

Source

Timing

Primary outcomes

 Frequency of cost conversations (adapted Politi [14]/Hunter [26] checklist)

Patient report; observation

Immediately post-visit

 Initiator of cost conversations (adapted Politi [14]/Hunter [26] checklist)

Patient report; observation

Immediately post-visit

 Referral to address costs (adapted Politi [14]/Hunter [26] checklist)

Patient report; observation

Immediately post-visit

Secondary outcomes

 Shared decision-making (collaboRATE [27])

Patient report

Immediately post-visit

 Effort made to compare costs of treatment options

Patient report

Immediately post-visit

 Clinical communication (CAHPS communication composite [28])

Patient report

Immediately post-visit

 Decisional conflict (SURE [29])

Patient report

Immediately post-visit, 3 months post-visit

 Decision regret (Decision Regret Scale [30])

Patient report

3 months post-visit

Exploratory outcomes

 Financial toxicity (COST [31, 32])

Patient report

Immediately post visit; 3 months post-visit

Implementation and acceptability outcomes

 Attitudes toward SDM (Continuing Professional Development Reaction Scale [33])

Clinician report

Beginning of study period; end of study period

 Feasibility of sustained cost conversations and Option Grid use

Clinician report

End of study period

 Acceptability of cost conversations and Option Grid use (adapted Ottawa Acceptability Scale [34])

Clinician report

End of study period

Other data

 Treatment choice

Patient report

Immediately post-visit

 Treatment received

Electronic health record

3 months post-visit

 Health literacy (Single-Item Literacy Screener [35])

Patient report

Immediately post-visit

 Patients’ other (comorbid) health conditions

Electronic health record

Immediately post-visit

 Patients’ demographic characteristics

Patient report

Immediately post-visit