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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2008 Oct 25;44(1):48–54. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.06.018

Table 1.

Youth Perceptions of Care

Outcome M SD Range of Responses Dichotomized Responses n (%)
Overall, do you feel that during today’s visit your doctor/nurse practitioner understood the problems you wanted to discuss at the visit? 4.19 1.03 1–5 273 (76.2%)*
Overall, do you feel that during today’s visit your doctor/nurse practitioner helped ease your mind in terms of your worries? 3.89 1.17 1–5 231 (64.5%)*
If there were choices to make about any treatment that may have been discussed today, how often do you think this doctor would ask you to help make the decision? 3.77 1.08 1–5 216 (60.3%)**
How often does this doctor give you some control over your treatment? 3.63 1.19 1–5 204 (56.9%)**
How often does this doctor ask you to take some responsibility for your treatment? 3.68 1.25 1–5 220 (61.4%)**
*

Number and percent who responded “agree” or “strongly agree”

**

Number and percent who responded “often” or “very often”