Table 3.
Two Multivariate Models of Patients’ Trust in One’s Physician: Including Patients’ Demographic and Clinical Variables, and Adding Patients’ Autonomy Preference and Length of Relationship With Physician*
| Independent Variables* | Including Demographic and Clinical Variables (95% CI) | Including Demographic and Clinical Variables, Plus Autonomy and Length of Relationship With Physician (95% CI) |
| Group | ||
| English-speaking Japanese Americans | 13.6 (10.2–17.0) | 16.6 (13.25–20.04) |
| Japanese-speaking Japanese Americans | 9.44 (6.02–12.9) | 9.87 (6.52–13.25) |
| Female | −2.88 (−5.40– v0.34) | −2.16 (−4.62–0.30) |
| Age | 0.19 (0.08–0.31) | 0.04 (−0.08–0.16) |
| Marital status | ||
| Divorced/separated | −5.02 (−9.38 to −0.66) | −4.84 (−9.18 to −0.50) |
| Never married | 2.68 (−2.71–8.07) | 2.05 (−3.06–7.17) |
| Widowed | 3.22 (0.09-6.35) | 4.05 (0.98–7.12) |
| Education | −0.40 (−0.84-0.04) | −0.28 (−0.72-0.15) |
| Religiosity | ||
| Religious, not a church member | 4.94 (2.09–7.79) | 4.51 (1.73–7.29) |
| Religious, church member | 7.41 (4.82–9.99) | 7.45 (4.93–9.97) |
| Physical summary score | 0.16 (0.02–0.30) | 0.19 (0.06–0.32) |
| Mental summary score | 0.19 (0.05–0.34) | 0.16 (0.02–0.31) |
| Hospitalization in past 6 months | 4.86 (0.94–8.78) | 3.85 (−0.04–7.73) |
| Years with regular doctor | — | 2.94 (2.07–3.80) |
| Autonomy preference index | — | −3.00 (−4.12 to -1.88) |
Note: Coefficients presented from multiple linear regression model that includes demographic and clinical variables and has n = 876 and adjusted R2 = 0.19. Model including demographics, clinical variables, autonomy and physician relationship has n = 826 and adjusted R2 = 0.26.
CI = confidence interval; HRQOL = health-related quality of life.
* Independent variables have reference groups as follows: Group – Japanese living in Japan; female – male; age – per year; marital status – married; education – per year; religiosity – not religious; physical HRQOL score – per point on 100-point scale; mental HRQOL score – per point on 100-point scale; hospitalization in past 6 months – no hospitalization; years with regular doctor – per year; Autonomy Preference Index – per point on 5-point scale.