Table 2.

Physician uncertainty measures by provider type and location of practice.

Score	Provider Type			Location of practice
Variable	MD/DO N=108	APP N=58	P-value	Primary Care N=26	ED/UC N=97	Inpatient N=43	P-value
Vignette Score	37.4±6.6	41.1±7.5	0.002	38.9±8.4	40.5±6.5	34.5±5.8	<0.001
Gerrity- Physician Reaction to Uncertainty (PRU) Score
Anxiety due to uncertainty score	15.7±5.2	18.1±4.4	0.006	15.4±4.5	16.5±5.2	17.3±5.2	0.36
Concern about bad outcomes	9.7±3.6	10.4±3.3	0.21	9.0±3.8	10.2±3.2	9.9±3.8	0.33
Reluctance to disclose uncertainty to patients	1 2.5±3.7	14.0±4.5	0.03	11.2±3.3	13.6±4.2	12.8±3.8	0.03
Reluctance to disclose mistakes to physicians	4.2±2.1	4.1±2.4	0.83	4.1±2.0	4.3±2.4	4.1±2.0	0.90
Medical Minimizer/Maximizer Score	2.3±0.7	2.5±0.6	0.08	2.2±0.7	2.4±0.7	2.2±0.6	0.23

^*Results presented as mean score ± standard deviation.