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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Jun 17;98(10):1274–1279. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.005

Table 2.

Relationship between receipt of treatment summary and patient-centered communication and quality of care ratings.

OR (95%CI) or Unstandardized Beta (SE) p-valuea
Overall Patient-Centered Communication Scoreb 7.40 (2.43) .004
Six Functions of Patient-Centered Communicationc,d
 Exchanging Information 1.93 (1.09–3.40) .024
 Responding to Emotions 1.54 (.92–2.59) .103
 Making Decisions 1.96 (1.11–3.45) .020
 Enabling Self-Management 1.91 (1.08–3.37) .027
 Managing Uncertainty 1.94 (1.14–3.32) .015
 Fostering Healing Relationships 2.13 (1.20–3.79) .010
Quality of Care Ratinge 3.44 (1.44–8.19) .005
a

Adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, income, time since treatment, health status, having a regular provider, treatment burden, and number of comorbid conditions.

b

Linear regression of patient-centered communication scale on receipt of treatment summary.

c

Separate logistic regressions of six functions and quality of care on receipt of treatment summary.

d

Dichotomized as optimal (always) vs. suboptimal (usually/sometimes/never). Suboptimal is the reference group.

e

Dichotomized as Excellent/Very good vs. Good/Fair/Poor. Good/Fair/Poor is the reference group.