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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2011 May;49(5):461–468. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318207edb5

Table 2.

Sample size, mean and standard deviation (SD) of items on patient satisfaction and comparison test.

Item Abbreviated Item content Spanish
English
Comparison Test
N Mean SD N Mean SD
Q19 1. Get advice needed 251 2.32 0.80 309 2.46 0.77 χ2 =6.5 *
Q30 2. See provider within 15 minutes 616 1.81 0.75 604 1.75 0.84 χ2 =40.4 **
Q33 3. Provider listens to you 630 2.58 0.63 624 2.70 0.59 χ2 =19.6 **
Q34 4. Provider explains things 632 2.53 0.70 628 2.64 0.64 χ2 =10.0 **
Q35 5. Provider respects your opinion 632 2.62 0.62 625 2.68 0.60 χ2 =5.9
Q36 6. Provider spent enough time with you 631 2.31 0.69 618 2.53 0.70 χ2 =68.0 **
Q31 7. Office staff treat you with respect 631 2.69 0.58 622 2.79 0.53 χ2 =16.6 **
Q32 8. Office staff helpful as you thought 632 2.56 0.65 627 2.65 0.63 χ2 =13.8 **
Q12 9. Problem getting personal doctor 284 2.86 0.45 463 2.71 0.56 χ2 =27.4 **
Q12 9. Problem getting personal doctor 284 2.86 0.45 463 2.71 0.56 χ2 =27.4 **
Total score 703 2.49 0.46 703 2.54 0.47 t702 =−2.01 *
 Cronbach’s alpha CFA fit statistics 0.83 0.85
   χ2 51.55
(df = 20, p<0.001)
80.11
(df = 21, p<0.001)
  CFI 0.987 0.978
  TLI 0.992 0.988
 RMSEA 0.047 0.063

Note: The Item comparison test was obtained contrasting the 3 outcome level choices (1, 2 or 3) to the language using a chi-squared test. The total scores were compared using a t-test.

*

p-value < 0.05

**

p-value < 0.01