Table 4.

Associations of Older Patients’ and NPs’ Characteristics and the Content and Relationship Components of Their Communication with Patients’ Longer-Term Outcomes of Changes in Presenting Problem, Physical Health, and Mental Health at Four Weeks (n =155 Older Patients and 31 Nurse Practitioners)

Predictor Variable	Estimatea	SEb	t	p
Change in Presenting Problems
Stability of presenting problems (unstable = 1)	0.49	0.23	2.14	.03
NPs approving	1.18	0.47	2.54	.01
NPs giving lifestyle information	−0.57	0.18	−3.23	< .01
Change in Physical Health
Patients’ physical health at baseline	−0.2	0.05	−4.44	< .01
Patients giving medical information	0.94	0.43	2.18	.03
NPs complimenting	23.5	9.68	2.43	.02
NPs giving lifestyle information	−2.36	0.88	−2.68	< .01
NPs coordinating their nonverbal activities	−19.59	7.03	−2.79	< .01
Trust and receptivity	5.37	2.58	2.09	.04
Change in Mental Health
Patients mental health at baseline	−0.28	0.06	−4.49	< .01
NPs years of experience	0.21	0.09	2.28	0.02
Patients seeking information about therapy	10.36	3.13	3.31	< .01
NPs seeking psychosocial information	13.85	4.42	3.13	< .01
NPs expressing reassurance or optimism	−2.21	0.79	−2.8	< .01
NPs coordinating their nonverbal activities	−13.79	6.44	−2.14	0.03

Notes. NP = Nurse practitioner

^aEstimate of population coefficient

^bStandard error of the estimate