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. 2010 Mar;8(2):151–159. doi: 10.1370/afm.1055

Table 5.

Question-Asking Behavior by Patients in Intervention Practices (n = 415 Patients) and Control Practices (n = 352 Patients) as Determined From Audio Recordings

Unadjusted Adjusteda,b
Measure Intervention Patients % or Mean Control Patients % or Mean P Value Intervention Patients % or Mean Control Patients % or Mean P Value
Did patient ask any AM3 questions? (% Yes) 26 30 .16c 26 31 .34
Did patient ask any questions of any type? (% Yes) 92 92 .87c 92 91 .84
Number of AM3 questions 0.47 0.52 .56d 0.50 0.53 .83
Number of questions including AM3 6.94 6.37 .23d 6.75 6.55 .82
Number of questions excluding AM3 6.46 5.86 .18d 6.23 6.03 .80

AM3=Ask Me 3.

a F statistic from generalized linear mixed models (for categorical data) or general linear mixed models (for continuous data).

b Adjusted for clustering and the following covariates: age, sex, race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white vs other/missing), education, years with physician.

c χ2 test.

d Student t test for independent samples.