Table 2.
Predictors of History Taking and Depression Diagnosis
| Component 1: Understanding the Illness Experience | Component 2: Understanding the Whole Person | Component 3: Collaborative Treatment Planning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (SE) | P | B (SE) | p | B (SE) | p | |
| SP Portrayal of Major Depressiona | -.113 (.232) | .627 | .377 (.232) | .104 | -.241 (.224) | .281 |
| SP Request for Medication b | -.198 (.198) | .316 | -.046 (.231) | .843 | .143 (.236) | .543 |
| Physician Suspicious Visit Was SP c | -.071 (.18) | .695 | .348 (.192) | .069 | .230 (.213) | .280 |
| Family Medicine Specialty d | -.556 (.199) | .005 | .343 (.214) | .109 | .192 (.235) | .415 |
| Male Physician e | -.023 (.185) | .903 | -.216 (.151) | .151 | .057 (.191) | .767 |
| Years in Practice f | -.023 (.009) | .009 | .020 (.010) | .039 | -.003 (.104) | .819 |
| Anxious Vulnerability | -.135 (.107) | .207 | -.118 (.095) | .213 | -.229 (.104) | .028 |
| Tender mindedness | -.01 (.095) | .945 | -.169 (.131) | .196 | -.031 (.078) | .691 |
| Dutifulness | -.126 (.078) | .109 | .146 (.068) | .032 | -.219 (.093) | .018 |
| Openness to Feelings | .172 (.088) | .052 | .046 (.129) | .724 | -.019 (.087) | .822 |
Note. Results from GEE models of 88 SP visits to 46 physicians. Coefficients represent the standard deviation change in each MPCC component associated with covariates or one standard deviation increase in each personality trait. SP = Standardized patient.
a
vs. Adjustment Disorder reference category
b
vs. no prescription request reference category
c
vs. no suspicion reference category
d
vs. internalm edicine, reference category
e
vs. female reference category
f
coefficient reflects the SD change in MPCC scores associated with each year in practice.