Table 3. Descriptive statistics (mean, SD) of number of framing devices within the information frames in the 610 physicians’ information sharing turns, by clinical unit.

Information frames	Total mean (SD)	Gynaecology (n=147)	Gastroenterology (n=181)	Orthopaedic surgery (n=175)	Oncology (n=107)
Frames that are about ‘shared understanding’
1. Do we agree that we share this knowledge?	0.78 (1.06)	1.24 (1.39)	0.62 (0.84)	0.69 (0.98)	0.52 (0.77)
2. I don't like where I am/you are going with this	0.56 (0.90)	0.63 (1.08)	0.37 (0.74)	0.72 (0.91)	0.54 (0.83)
Frames that orient to ‘how to take the information’
3. This may be tricky to understand	1.53 (1.99)	1.63 (2.01)	1.53 (2.33)	1.58 (1.92)	1.30 (1.29)
4. You may need to think	0.85 (1.12)	0.92 (1.31)	0.88 (1.08)	0.87 (1.15)	0.68 (0.78)
5. This is something important	0.82 (1.41)	1.24 (2.19)	0.66 (0.98)	0.69 (0.96)	0.69 (1.14)
6. This is not important now	0.84 (1.25)	1.25 (1.69)	0.82 (1.08)	0.63 (1.00)	0.64 (1.05)
Frames that display the ‘relationship to the information’
7. This comes from me as a physician	1.68 (1.97)	1.97 (2.33)	1.93 (2.21)	1.26 (1.51)	1.58 (1.54)
8. This comes from me as a person	1.15 (1.64)	1.26 (1.88)	1.14 (1.58)	1.07 (1.57)	1.16 (1.54)
9. This is directed to you as a unique person	1.16 (1.49)	1.19 (1.58)	1.13 (1.52)	1.05 (1.41)	1.35 (1.46)
Total	9.37 (8.26)	11.33 (10.85)	9.09 (8.11)	8.56 (6.86)	8.46 (5.75)