Table 3.

Analysis of Covariance: Objective Communication Subscores in Relation to Family Physician’s Intervention Status

	Intervention (n=8)		Control (n=9)
Family Physicians	Mean Score (SD)	CI	Mean Score (SD)	CI	P Value
Building relationships
Exploration of illness experience	65.0 (5.07)	57.85–71.68	56.3 (11.44)	50.04–63.08	.09
Validation of patients’ illness experience	79.1 (14.78)	67.54–91.39	71.7 (15.48)	60.13–82.59	.31
Offering support, %*	77.8 (n/a)		22.2 (n/a)		.02
Sharing information
Physician description and patient response	86.3 (18.29)	71.78–101.56	66.3 (19.23)	51.93–79.96	.05
Creating an experience of control
Mutual discussion of management plan	68.8 (45.81)	39.13–98.36	62.2 (31.26)	34.30–90.15	.74
Mastering the whole person experience
Exploration of whole person issues	82.8 (9.81)	69.12–92.34	58.7 (18.33)	49.60–71.39	.02
Validation of whole person issues	77.0 (15.97)	58.04–93.43	49.1 (26.31)	33.61–66.86	.05
Total score	75.6 (14.73)	62.90–84.99	60.2 (15.27)	51.29–72.07	.11

Note: Analysis controlling for baseline objective communication score. Total score and each subscore ranged from 0 to 100.

* The support score is the only one expressed as a percentage, not a continuous variable.