Table 4.
Average Number (and Standard Errors) of Concerns Voiced for Control and Intervention Groups Within Each Encounter Phase
| Early Encounter | Mid Encounter | Late Encounter | Total Across Encounter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Concerns Raised | CONT | INT | CONT | INT | CONT | INT | CONT** | INT** |
| Patient | 1.52 (0.12) | 1.58 (0.07) | 0.27 (0.04) | 0.28 (0.05) | 1.14 (0.11) | 0.83 (0.08)# | 2.94 (0.16) | 2.66 (0.10) |
| Physician | 1.14 (0.09) | 1.10 (0.08) | 0.24 (0.03) | 0.30 (0.05) | 0.83 (0.09) | 0.62 (0.08) | 2.22 (0.16) | 2.05 (0.16) |
| Total | 2.66 (0.11) | 2.67 (0.09) | 0.52 (0.05) | 0.58 (0.08) | 1.96 (0.15) | 1.46 (0.13)# | 5.15 (0.19) | 4.75 (0.23) |
Significance: * p < 0.001; # p < 0.01
** 379 Intervention encounters and 300 Control encounters were coded
These are representative samples of the total number of patients recruited
The numbers of concerns are adjusted for multilevel effects (i.e., patients nested within physicians)