Table 5.

Effect of Discussions About Pain, Time Discussing Pain, and Pain Severity on Affect and Rapport Ratings^*

		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Dependent Variable	Independent Variable	Coefficient	95% CI	Coefficient	95% CI	Coefficient	95% CI
Patient positive engagement	Pain discussed	.21	.06–.35	.20	.06–.34	.21	.07–.35
	Percent of time discussing pain†			−.02	−.06–.03	−.01	−.05–.04
	Pain severity‡					−.06	−.14–.02
Patient unease	Pain discussed	.32	.16–.47	.33	.18–.48	.32	.17–.47
	Percent of time discussing pain†			.03	.00–.07	.02	−.01–.06
	Pain severity‡					.08	.02–.14
Physician positive engagement	Pain discussed	.01	−.13–.16	−.01	−.15–.13	.00	−14–.14
	Percent of time discussing pain†			−.02	−.05–.01	−.02	−.05–.02
	Pain severity‡					−.02	−.08–.04
Physician unease	Pain discussed	−.11	−.25–.02	−.11	−.24–.02	−.12	−.25–.01
	Percent of time discussing pain†			.01	−.03–.04	−.01	−.04–.03
	Pain severity‡					.07	.01–.12
Rapport	Pain discussed	−.04	−.24–.16	−.02	−.22–.18	−.01	−.21–.19
	Percent of time discussing pain†			−.02	−.07–.04	−.01	−.06–.05
	Pain severity‡					−.07	−.17–.03

^*Models 1, 2, and 3 correspond to study hypotheses 1, 2, and 3. Coefficients for model 1 indicate the effect on ratings of discussing pain relative to discussing other topics. Results in Models 2 and 3 are adjusted for patient age and income as well as the listed independent variables.

^†Coefficient corresponds to the effect on ratings of a 10% increase in total visit time spent discussing pain.

^‡Measured on a 6-point scale; higher numbers correspond to more severe pain.