Table 6.
Reasons for doctor's dissatisfaction with doctor-patient relationship
| Internal Medicine | Gynaecology | |||||
| Categories (%) | GW (n = 43) |
TW (n = 25) |
GM (n = 47) |
TM (n = 32) |
GW (n = 10) |
TW (n = 13) |
| Patient unwillingness to cooperate/communicate | 62.4 | 4.0 | 40.4 | 18.8 | 50.0 | 0 |
| Patient alcohol abuse | 7.0 | 0 | 27.7 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Difficult patient | 11.6 | 24.0 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 10.0 | 15.4 |
| Communication problems | 2.3 | 40.0 | 0 | 34.4 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Inappropriate utilisation of emergency services | 2.3 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 30.0 | 23.1 |
| Too little time | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adequate treatment not possible | 0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 7.7 |
| Psychosocial problems | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other reasons | 9.3 | 12.0 | 4.3 | 15.6 | 0 | 15.4 |
GW = German women, GM = German men, TW = Turkish women, TM = Turkish men; Kruskal-Wallis test, Internal Medicine: p ≤ 0.01; Gynaecology: n.s.