Table 1.
Physician patient communication by segment
| Questions | Health Preservers | Health Committeds | Others | Total | ||||||||
| yes | no | unsure | yes | no | unsure | yes | no | unsure | yes | no | unsure | |
| 1. Has your physician talked to you about drug treatments to lower your cholesterol? | 204 (97.6) |
4 (1.9) |
1 (0.5) |
318 (97.5) |
5 (1.5) |
3 (0.9) |
1231 (97.5) |
18 (1.4) |
14 (1.1) |
1753 (97.5) |
27 (1.5) |
18 (1.0) |
| 2. Has your physician talked to you about your current cholesterol levels? | 205 (98.1) |
3 (1.4) |
1 (0.5) |
319 (97.9) |
7 (2.1) |
0 (0) |
1240 (98.2) |
18 (1.4) |
5 (0.4) |
1764 (98.1) |
28 (1.6) |
6 (0.3) |
| 3. Did your physician talk to you about health risks of high cholesterol? | 203 (97.1) | 4 (1.9) |
2 (1.0) |
318 (97.5) |
5 (1.5) |
3 (0.9) |
1210 (95.8) |
30 (2.4) |
23 (1.8) | 1731 (96.2) |
39 (2.1) |
28 (1.6) |
| 4. Has your physician talked to you about your cholesterol goals? | 195 (93.3) |
6 (2.9) |
8 (3.8) |
301 (92.3) |
13 (4.0) |
12 (3.7) |
1143 (90.5) |
64 (5.1) |
56 (4.4) |
1639 (91.2) |
83 (4.6) |
76 (4.2) |
| 5. Do you feel your doctor has listened carefully to you? | 202 (96.7) |
1 (0.5) |
6 (2.9) |
323 (99.1) |
2 (0.6) |
1 (0.3) |
1223 (96.8) |
10 (0.8) |
30 (2.4) |
1639 (97.2) |
13 (0.7) |
37 (2.1) |
| 6. Do you feel your doctor has explained things in a way you could understand? | 201 (96.2) |
2 (1.0) |
6 (2.9) |
320 (98.2) |
3 (0.9) |
3 (0.9) |
1226 (97.1) |
11 (0.9) |
26 (2.1) |
1747 (97.2) |
16 (0.8) |
35 (1.9) |
| 7. Do you usually raise your concerns even when your doctor does not ask? | 186 (89.0) |
13 (6.2) |
10 (4.8) |
288 (88.3) |
24 (7.4) |
14 (4.3) |
1078 (85.4) |
124 (9.8) |
61 (4.8) |
1552 (86.3) |
161 (8.9) |
85 (4.7) |
* Percentages of responses are in parentheses.