Table 4 Patient willingness to receive suppressive therapy (%)

Patient willingness	Doctors(n = 151)	Patients*(n = 364)	p Value	Patient characteristics
				Years since diagnosis				Outbreaks past 12 months				p Value
				0–1(n = 37)	2–4(n = 42)	5–10(n = 89)	11+(n = 195)	0(n = 132)	1–2(n = 131)	3–5(n = 65)	6+(n = 36)	p Value
Extremely/very willing	18	28	<0.001	46	21	33	23	14	31	31	58	<0.001
Somewhat willing	54	24		11	24	25	27	17	29	32	22
Not at all/not very willing	28	39		30	45	31	43	55	33	29	19
Don’t know	1	9		14	10	11	8	14	8	8	0

*Among patients who are not currently receiving suppressive therapy. All tests for group differences conducted using χ² test.