Table 1.
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”