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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Jul 27;93(2):188–196. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.07.001

Table 4.

Predicted Values of Patient Communication Patterns and Global Affect Across Patient/Clinician Ethnic Dyads (adjusting for non-communication covariates)

Total
n=34
White Dyads
n=34
Latino Dyads
n=24
Mixed Dyads
n=35
Omni-
bus3
LLvs
W4
MIXvs
WW5
LLvs
MIX6
predicted
values
se 95% CL predicted
values
se 95% CL predicted
values
se 95% CL predicted
values
se 95% CL predicted
values
se 95% CL
Communication Pattern 1
Medical Questions 2.28 0.215 2.26 2.34 2.90 0.464 3.01 3.19 1.37 0.564 1.11 1.33 2.43 0.416 2.20 2.36 + *
Psychosocial Questions 158.92 11.24 155.68 160.16 115.45 12.66 112.35 117.40 187.64 20.34 186.30 194.41 128.13 13.55 125.85 131.26 *** *** ***
Medical Information 67.90 3.693 65.42 66.93 73.11 6.154 67.58 70.09 52.13 10.25 50.43 54.61 63.70 7.873 62.25 65.46 ** ** +
Psychosocial/Lifestyle Information 387.55 18.19 382.68 390.13 338.32 24.38 333.57 343.56 371.16 32.31 367.35 380.59 352.93 24.76 346.48 356.62
Partnership & Activation Statements 13.76 1.079 13.18 13.61 13.72 2.183 13.13 14.01 4.04 4.107 2.71 4.36 16.93 2.799 16.06 17.19 * * **
Concern Statements 49.15 5.622 50.21 52.53 36.03 3.831 34.90 36.48 59.12 17.34 59.61 66.75 32.63 5.912 31.84 34.27 ** ** **
Optimism Statements 15.24 1.302 14.82 15.34 14.54 1.612 14.51 15.16 8.41 4.333 7.53 9.27 13.94 2.08 13.53 14.37 * * *
Positive Statements 14.99 1.352 14.44 14.99 14.56 2.361 14.97 15.93 1.03 4.303 −2.09 −0.35 14.71 2.444 14.05 15.04 *** *** ***
Agreement Statements 82.38 4.398 81.04 82.84 85.99 7.485 84.84 87.90 70.83 13.77 65.21 70.85 78.18 8.624 76.57 80.10

Global Affect 2
 Positive Affect 3.52 0.07 3.51 3.54 3.68 0.13 3.66 3.72 2.98 0.19 2.91 2.99 3.74 0.17 3.72 3.79 *** *** ***
 Distress 2.64 0.12 2.62 2.67 2.09 0.22 1.98 2.06 3.30 0.28 3.30 3.41 2.33 0.28 2.36 2.47
+

p<0.1;

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001

1. Adjusting for patient talk, visit length, patient gender, days of functional limitations, diagnosis, clinician discipline and adjusting for nesting of patients within clinicians

2. Adjusting for patient gender, days of functional limitations, diagnosis, clinician discipline and adjusting for nesting of patients within clinicians

3. Omnibus test evaluating differences across dyad groups

4. Significant difference between Latino/Latino dyads vs. White/White dyads

5. Significant difference between Mixed dyads vs. White/White dyads

6. Significant difference between Latino/Latino dyads vs. Mixed dyads