Table 6.

Factors affecting physicians’ perceptions of patients

	Patient as good communicator (N=207)		Patient as active participant (N=207)		Perceived patient satisfaction (N=207)		Likelihood patient will adhere (N=207)
	Estimate (SE)	P	Estimate (SE)	P	Estimate (SE)	P	Estimate (SE)	P
Physicians’ Communication Style
Individual Dr. effect	3.73 (1.80)	0.04	3.67 (1.33)	0.006	1.36 (0.54)	0.012	1.22 (0.61)	0.047
Patients’ Demographics
Patient race = black (ref = white)	−1.53 (0.66)	0.02	−0.53 (0.42)	ns	−0.72 (0.29)	0.02	−0.65 (0.42)	0.12
Patient race = Hisp. (ref = white)	−0.86 (1.01)	ns	0.22 (0.65)	ns	−0.26 (0.45)	ns	0.27(0.65)	ns
Patient age	−0.04 (0.03)	0.11	−0.01 (0.02)	ns	0.01 (0.01)	ns	0.03 (0.02)	0.12
Patient gender (ref = female)	−0.86 (0.74)	ns	−0.86 (0.50)	0.089	0.14 (0.34)	ns	−0.51 (0.47)	ns
Patient education (HS or less, some college, college graduate)	0.28 (0.31)	ns	0.17 (0.20)	ns	0.14 (0.14)	ns	−0.04(0.20)	ns
Physician-Patient Concordance
Racial concordance	0.64 (0.71)	ns	−0.69 (0.48)	0.16	0.41 (0.36)	ns	0.12 (0.45)	ns
Gender concordance	1.26 (0.74)	0.09	.31 (0.51)	ns	−0.17 (0.35)	ns	−0.49 (0.47)	ns
Age concordance (equal to or less than 10 years difference)	−0.78 (0.73)	ns	−0.24 (0.47)	ns	−0.31 (0.32)	ns	0.03 (0.47)	ns
Patient’s Communication
Patients’ active participation	0.02 (0.07)	ns	0.14 (0.04)	0.002	−0.03 (0.03)	ns	−0.04 (0.04)	ns
Patients’ positive affect	0.55 (0.18)	0.00	0.28 (0.12)	0.02	0.20 (0.08)	0.014	0.22 (0.12)	0.057
Patients’ contentiousness	−0.63 (0.24)	0.01	0.07 (0.16)	ns	−0.48 (0.11)	0.000	−0.03 (0.15)	ns
Patients’ distress	0.14 (0.23)	ns	0.22 (0.15)	0.13	0.01 (0.10)	ns	0.07 (0.15)	ns