Table 2.
Measures of Physician-Patient Relationship Quality and Adherence
| Percentiles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Items (#) | Cronbach's α | 25th | 50th | 75th | Mean (SD) | % at Ceiling |
| General communication | 5 | 0.93 | 75 | 95 | 100 | 86.9 (18.4) | 49.8 |
| HIV-specific information | 4 | 0.93 | 56.3 | 81.3 | 100 | 75.5 (26.7) | 38.9 |
| Participatory decision making | 7 | 0.86 | 71.4 | 85.7 | 96.4 | 81.5 (18.8) | 20.4 |
| Overall satisfaction | 4 | 0.92 | 87.5 | 100 | 100 | 91.9 (15.0) | 65.9 |
| Willingness to recommend | 2 | 0.81 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 93.6 (14.9) | 75.5 |
| Physician trust | 5 | 0.71 | 76 | 86 | 98 | 84.8 (13.9) | 24.7 |
| Adherence dialogue | 3 | 0.93 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 86.6 (19.6) | 57.0 |
| Adherence | 4 | 0.75 | 85.4 | 93.8 | 100 | 87.2 (18.6) | 43.3 |
SD, standard deviation.