Table 3.
Interaction between patient and physician in charge
| Information on disease “How satisfied were you about the physician in charge informing you about your disease?” | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T (n = 121) n(%): |
1: 3(2.48) |
2: 8(6.61) |
3: 29(23.97) |
4: 61(50.41) |
5: 20(16.53) |
mean ± SD: 3.71 ± 0.90*d |
| G (n = 119) n(%): |
1: 2(1.68) |
2: 2(1.68) |
3: 17(14.29) |
4: 65(54.62) |
5: 33(27.73) |
mean ± SD: 4.05 ± 0.80*d |
|
Information on diagnostics and treatment “How satisfied were you about the physician in charge informing you about diagnostic and therapeutic measures to be taken?” | ||||||
| T (n = 121) n(%): |
1: 2(1.65) |
2: 4(3.31) |
3: 23(19.01) |
4: 68(56.20) |
5: 24(19.84) |
mean ± SD: 3.89 ± 0.81 |
| G (n = 119) n(%): |
1: 3(2.52) |
2: 3(2.52) |
3: 14(11.77) |
4: 62(52.10) |
5: 37 (31.09) |
mean ± SD: 4.07 ± 0.87 |
|
Reaction to questions “How well did the physician answer your questions? | ||||||
| T (n = 119) n(%): |
1: 1(0.84) |
2: 11(9.24) |
3: 26(21.85) |
4: 47(39.50) |
5: 34(28.57) |
mean ± SD: 3.86 ± 0.96 |
| G (n = 119) n(%): |
1: 1 (0.84) |
2: 1 (0.84) |
3: 32(26.89) |
4: 59(49.58) |
5: 26(21.85) |
mean ± SD: 3.91 ± 0.77 |
|
Reception of information “How well did you understand what the physician told you?” | ||||||
| T (n = 121) n(%): |
1: 11(9.09) |
2: 13(10.74) |
3: 32(26.45) |
4: 30(24.80) |
5: 35(28.93) |
mean ± SD: 3.54 ± 1.26*e |
| G (n = 119) n(%): |
1: 1(0.84) |
2: 0(0) |
3: 15(12.61) |
4: 52(43.80) |
5: 51(42.86) |
mean ± SD: 4.28 ± 0.74*e |
|
Need for translation “How much would it have helped if somebody had translated the physicians words into your language?” | ||||||
| T (n = 121) n(%): | 1: 41(33.88) | 2: 14(11.58) | 3: 5(4.13) | 4: 19(15.70) | 5: 42(34.71) | mean ± SD: 3.06 ± 1.74 |
n, Number; SD, Standard deviation; T, Patients with Turkish migration background. G, German patients without migration background. Significant differences: *d: p = 0.0029, *e: p < 0.0001 - for the remaining questions in Table 3 no significant differences between T and G could be detected (p > 0.05). Rating (information on disease and diagnostics and treatment): 1 = very unsatisfied, 2 = unsatisfied, 3 = neither satisfied nor unsatisfied, 4 = satisfied, 5 = very satisfied. (reaction to questions and reception of information): 1 = not at all, 2 = a little, 3 = mediocre, 4 = well, 5 = very well. (need for translation): 1 = not at all, 2 = a little, 3 = mediocre, 4 = much, 5 = very much.