Table 5.
Distributions of clinicians (a) receiving patient requests ‘very often’ or ‘often’, and (b) receiving patient requests ‘seldom’ or ‘very seldom’, according to their opinions of the effect of patient requests on patient care and interaction, by age,% (n = 11 126)1
| ≤29 (n = 702) | 30–39 (n = 2070) | 40–49 (n = 2239) | ≥50 (n = 1510) | Total (n = 6521) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very often/often | |||||
| Positive | 10 (69) | 18 (372) | 28 (634) | 35 (520) | 24 (1595) |
| Negative | 67 (469) | 50 (1039) | 37 (830) | 31 (470) | 43 (2808) |
| Cannot say | 22 (151) | 27 (560) | 28 (634) | 27 (407) | 27 (1752) |
| No information | 1 (13) | 5 (99) | 7 (141) | 7 (113) | 6 (366) |
| (n = 188) | (n = 1151) | (n = 1800) | (n = 1466) | Total (n = 4605) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very seldom/seldom | |||||
| Positive | 6 (12) | 13 (147) | 21 (376) | 26 (374) | 20 (909) |
| Negative | 63 (118) | 51 (588) | 36 (642) | 34 (502) | 40 (1850) |
| Cannot say | 27 (51) | 31 (353) | 34 (620) | 33 (484) | 33 (1508) |
| No information | 4 (7) | 5 (63) | 9 (162) | 7 (106) | 7 (338) |
1No information of patient requests (n = 1129).
The differences in distributions by age were statistically significant (P < 0.001) in both groups; in testing, ‘no information’ groups were excluded.