Table 1.
Characteristics of Visits and Study Populations (35 Physicians and 366 Patients in 385 Visits)
| % or Mean or Median | |
|---|---|
| Pain Topic Characteristics (n=236) | |
| Topic on pain (of _# of topics) | 9.4% |
| Patient initiated pain topic (n=129) | 54.7% |
| Pain topic occurred as the 1st topic of the visit | 23.7% |
| Pain topic occurred as the 2nd or 3rd topic | 31.4% |
| Pain topic occurred as the 4th, or 5th, or 6th topic | 30.5% |
| Pain topic occurred as the 7th or later topic | 14.4% |
| Length of discussion on pain (minute) | 2.3 (median) |
| Length of discussion on pain by pysician (minute) | 0.82 (median) |
| Length of discussion on pain by patient (minute) | 1.0 (median) |
| Patient Characteristics (n=366) | |
| Female | 66.1% |
| White | 80.0% |
| More than high school education | 42.9% |
| Age | 74.4 (mean) |
| SF36 bodily pain scale | 41.4 (mean) |
| Physician Characteristics (n=35) | |
| Family medicine practice | 25.7% |
| Years in practice | 20.0 (mean) |
| Visit or Dyad Characteristics (n=385) | |
| Length of visit (minute) | 15.7 (median) |
| Number of topics in a visit | 6.5 (median; min=l, max=12) |
| Pysician’s supportiveness factor scale | 40.9 (mean) |
| Years of patient-pysician relationship | 6.5 (mean) |
| White pysician and wite patient | 78.7% |
| White pysician and non-white patient | 9.4% |
| Non-white pysician and white patient | 2.3% |
| Both non-white | 9.6% |
| Male pysician with female patient | 49.1% |
| Female pysician with male patient | 3.9% |
| Both females | 18.4% |
| Both males | 28.6% |
| Visit with at least one patient’s companion | 20.0% |