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. 2015 Aug 21;262(11):2528–2538. doi: 10.1007/s00415-015-7877-2

Table 4.

Model fitting results multilevel analysis

Intercept mean (95 % CI) Sex (two levels) Education (five levels) Physical health (five levels) Mental health (five levels) Disease stage (five levels)
Overall patient centeredness
 0-Model 2.15 (2.02–2.28)
 Final model 1.82 (1.58–2.05) 0.05 (0.03–0.07) 0.04 (0.01–0.08) 0.04 (0.00–0.07)
Information subscale
 0-Model 1.83 (1.66–2.01)
 Final model 1.13 (0.81–1.45) 0.11 (0.08–0.14) 0.07 (0.01–0.12) 0.05 (0.01 to 0.09)
Collaboration subscale
 0-Model 1.94 (1.77–2.11)
 Final model 1.84 (1.52–2.16)
Accessibility subscale
 0-Model 2.59 (2.43–2.75)
 Final model 2.53 (2.25–2.82) −0.08 (−0.15 to −0.01) 0.05 (0.01–0.10) −0.05 (−0.09 to −0.02)
Patient involvement subscale
 0-Model 2.46 (2.28–2.65)
 Final model 2.30 (1.96–2.63) 0.03 (0.00–0.07) 0.07 (0.01–0.12)
Empathy subscale
 0-Model 2.64 (2.48–2.80)
 Final model 2.24 (1.96–2.52) 0.03 (0.00–0.06) 0.07 (0.02–0.11) 0.07 (0.03–0.11)
Emotional support subscale
 0-Model 2.22 (1.91–2.52)
 Final model 2.26 (1.68–2.84)
Language (four levels) Race (four levels) Var patienta Var centerb PCVc ICCd
Overall patient centeredness
 0-Model 0.191 0.005* Reference 0.025
 Final model 0.175 0.004* 8.8 % 0.023
Information subscale
 0-Model 0.367 0.012* Reference 0.031
 Final model −0.06 (−0.12 to 0.00) 0.329 0.006* 11.6 % 0.017
Collaboration subscale
 0-Model 0.318 0.012* Reference 0.037
 Final model 0.295 0.011* 7.3 % 0.038
Accessibility subscale
 0-Model 0.281 0.017* Reference 0.058
 Final model −0.08 (−0.13 to −0.02) 0.263 0.016* 7.0 % 0.058
Patient involvement subscale
 0-Model 0.380 0.020* Reference 0.051
 Final model −0.07 (−0.13 to −0.01) 0.349 0.019* 8.0 % 0.052
Empathy subscale
 0-Model 0.272 0.002 Reference 0.007
 Final model 0.248 0.003* 8.5 % 0.011
Emotional support subscale
 0-Model 0.628 0.007 Reference 0.011
 Final model 0.627 0.004 0.7 % 0.006

a Var patient variance at the patient level. The significance of variances at the level of individuals is not reported

b Var center variance at the center level. Variances with a * sign are significant (p < 0.05)

c PCV proportional change in variance = (total var 0-model) − (total var final model)/total var 0-model. E.g., for information, the PCV is [(0.367 + 0.012) − (0.329 + 0.006)]/(0.367 + 0.012) = 0.116

d ICC Var center/(Var patients + Var center). E.g., for information, the ICC for the final model = 0.012/(0.367 + 0.012) = 0.03