Table 2.
Demographic characteristics by difficulty category for 905 patients with DDPRQ-10 scores
| Characteristic | Difficulta n (%) |
Not Difficu lt n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number | 133 (14.7) | 772 (85.3) | |
| Age category | |||
| 43 or younger | 68 (15.5) | 372 (84.5) | |
| Older than 43 | 64 (14.1) | 390 (85.9) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 71 (14.1) | 431 (85.9) | |
| Female | 62 (15.6) | 335 (84.4) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 65 (13.1) | 430 (86.9) | |
| Hispanic | 43 (15) | 244 (85) | |
| Black | 15 (24.6) | 46 (75.4) | |
| Asian/Other | 3 (25) | 9 (75) | |
| Language Issuec | |||
| Yes | 8 (33.3) | 16 (66.7) | |
| No | 92 (12.4) | 650 (87.6) | |
| Statusb | |||
| New | 24 (22.6) | 82 (77.4) | |
| Established | 95 (14.5) | 561 (85.5) | |
| Settingc | |||
| Office/Out-Pt | 100 (13.5) | 643 (86.5) | |
| In-Pt | 25 (25.3) | 74 (74.7) | |
| Phone | 3 (10.7) | 25 (89.3) | |
| Paymentb | |||
| Govt(Medi/Tricare) | 81 (16.9) | 398 (83.1) | |
| PVT Insurance | 11 (10.2) | 97 (89.8) | |
| Self Pay | 28 (10) | 252 (90) | |
| Appointment Duration | |||
| <19 min | 30 (15.9) | 159 (84.1) | |
| 20-30 min | 39 (12.3) | 277 (87.7) | |
| 45-50 min | 22 (10.6) | 186 (89.4) | |
| >51 min | 15 (15.6) | 81 (84.4) |
a
Difficult category contains patients with DDPRQ-10 score >30
b
p < 0.05
c
p < 0.01