Table 1.
Percentage of Breast Cancer Patients with a High Level of Trust in their Regular, Diagnosing, and Treating Providers, According to Patient Characteristics (N = 704)
| High trust in regular provider† (%) | High trust in diagnosing providers‡ (%) | High trust in treating providers§ (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample | n = 704 | 65.06 | 84.09 | 82.53 |
| Race | ||||
| White | n = 294 | 71.43 | 89.80 | 89.80 |
| Black | n = 289 | 57.44 | 81.66 | 75.09 |
| Hispanic (English) | n = 37 | 75.68 | 75.68 | 75.68 |
| Hispanic (Spanish) | n = 84 | 64.29** | 76.19** | 85.71*** |
| Age | ||||
| <50 | n = 201 | 64.18 | 83.08 | 80.60 |
| 50–59 | n = 216 | 62.96 | 84.26 | 81.94 |
| >60 | n = 287 | 67.25 | 84.67 | 84.32 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not married | n = 283 | 66.08 | 86.57 | 81.63 |
| Married/living with partner | n = 421 | 64.37 | 82.42 | 83.14 |
| Income | ||||
| <$25,000 | n = 239 | 61.51 | 80.33 | 79.92 |
| $25,000-$62,500 | n = 260 | 63.85 | 85.00 | 80.00 |
| >$62,500 | n = 205 | 70.73 | 87.32 | 88.78* |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | n = 120 | 60.83 | 75.00 | 75.83 |
| High school | n = 143 | 64.34 | 79.02 | 81.12 |
| More than high school | n = 441 | 66.44 | 88.21*** | 84.81 |
| Insurance | ||||
| None | n = 59 | 62.71 | 83.05 | 79.66 |
| Public | n = 108 | 60.19 | 77.78 | 81.48 |
| Private | n = 537 | 66.29 | 85.47 | 83.05 |
| Number of recent exams | ||||
| 0 | n = 55 | 60.00 | 83.64 | 83.64 |
| 1 | n = 71 | 63.38 | 74.65 | 73.24 |
| 2 | n = 190 | 63.68 | 85.79 | 84.21 |
| 3 | n = 388 | 66.75 | 85.05 | 83.25 |
| Number of comorbidities | ||||
| 0 | n = 406 | 66.26 | 84.98 | 82.02 |
| 1 | n = 176 | 63.07 | 82.39 | 83.52 |
| 2+ | n = 122 | 63.93 | 83.61 | 82.79 |
| Time with regular doctor | ||||
| <1 year | n = 42 | 54.76 | 83.33 | 80.95 |
| 1–5 years | n = 275 | 65.09 | 83.64 | 84.00 |
| 6–10 years | n = 210 | 63.33 | 83.81 | 82.38 |
| >10 years | n = 177 | 69.49 | 85.31 | 80.79 |
| Stage at diagnosis | ||||
| 0 | n = 167 | 64.67 | 85.63 | 85.03 |
| 1 | n = 245 | 70.61 | 84.90 | 86.12 |
| 2 | n = 203 | 63.05 | 83.25 | 80.30 |
| 3 | n = 79 | 53.16 | 79.75 | 73.42 |
| 4 | n = 10 | 70.00 | 90.00 | 70.00 |
| Days since diagnosis | ||||
| <85 | n = 182 | 60.44 | 89.01 | 85.71 |
| 85–108 | n = 171 | 68.42 | 82.46 | 83.63 |
| 109–148 | n = 176 | 64.20 | 83.52 | 80.68 |
| >144 | n = 175 | 67.43 | 81.14 | 80.00 |
| Chemotherapy | ||||
| 0 | n = 444 | 65.99 | 84.91 | 83.33 |
| 1 | n = 260 | 63.46 | 82.69 | 81.15 |
| Mastectomy | ||||
| 0 | n = 469 | 68.44 | 84.68 | 84.22 |
| 1 | n = 235 | 58.30** | 82.55 | 79.15 |
*p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001
†Patients were classified as having high trust in their regular provider if they indicated the following statement was always true: "In general, I trust my health care professional to give me the best possible health care." ‡Patients were classified as having high trust in their diagnosing providers if they chose the response “a great deal” to the following question: "In general, how much did you trust your doctors to do everything they could to correctly diagnose your breast cancer?” §Patients were classified as having high trust in their treatment providers if they chose the response “a great deal” to the following question: "Let me ask you how you feel in general about the care you received from the doctors, nurses, and technicians during your treatment. In general, how much did you trust these people to provide you with the best possible health care?”