. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 21.

Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2006 Jul 21;62(3):347–354. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.06.004

Table 4.

Associations between physician respect and communication behaviors

	Level of respect	Adjusted for clustering of patients within physicians	Adjusted for clustering of patients within physicians and patient age	Adjusted for clustering of patients within physicians, patient age and how well doctor knows patient
Information-giving (mean number statements per encounter)	Neutral/disagree	66	65	63
	Agree	80^*	78^*	79^*
	Strongly agree	82	81^*	82^*
	Overall p-value	0.018	0.020	0.018
Rapport-building (mean number of statements per encounter)	Neutral/disagree	48	52	51
	Agree	52	53	53
	Strongly agree	57	57	57
	Overall p-value	0.299	0.524	0.556
Verbal dominance ratio (physician statements/patient statements)	Neutral/disagree	1.44	1.43	1.38
	Agree	1.37	1.37	1.38
	Strongly agree	1.43	1.43	1.47
	Overall p-value	0.751	0.774	0.712
Overall affect score	Neutral/disagree	11.9	11.9	12.1
	Agree	12.2	12.2	12.2
	Strongly agree	13.4^*	13.4^*	13.2
	Overall p-value	0.034	0.037	0.181

p < 0.05 compared to those who responded ‘neutral’ or ‘disagree’.