Table 3.

Differences in observed measures of patient-clinician communication based on clinicians’ self-reported respect for the patient

	Higher Respect 1
Clinician Behaviors	IRR (95% CI) 2
Rapport-building	1.18 (1.04-1.33)**
Socio-emotional talk
Positive talk	1.20 (1.04-1.39)*
Emotional talk	1.08 (0.92-1.27)
Social chit-chat	1.78 (1.11-2.84)*
Question-asking	0.93 (0.77-1.13)
Information-giving/counseling	0.99 (0.87-1.12)
Psychosocial	1.25 (0.97-1.63)
Biomedical	0.94 (0.82-1.07)
Patient Activation	1.06 (0.89-1.27)
Patient Behaviors	IRR (95% CI) 2
Rapport-building	1.21 (1.10-1.34)***
Socio-emotional talk
Positive talk	1.22 (1.07-1.39)**
Emotional talk	1.14 (0.90-1.45)
Social chit-chat	2.03 (1.16-3.56)*
Question-asking	1.08 (0.90-1.28)
Information-giving	1.10 (0.94-1.29)
Psychosocial	1.60 (1.26-2.04)***
Biomedical	0.88 (0.72-1.07)
Patient Activation	1.16 (0.98-1.39)
Patient-Clinician Encounter	Regression coefficient (95% CI) 3
Clinician positive affect	2.97 (1.92-4.59)***
Patient positive affect	2.71 (1.75-4.21)***
Clinician verbal dominance	0.81 (0.68-0.96)**
Patient centeredness	1.28 (1.09-1.51)**
Visit length (minutes)	3.52 (0.26-47.07)

¹Higher respect defined as clinician response of strongly agree or agree vs. neutral, disagree, or strongly disagree to having a great deal of respect for this patient, as compared to other patients

²p-values and incidence rate ratios obtained using negative binomial regression and GEE to account for clustering of patients within clinicians, adjusting for site, patient race and drug use, clinician race and age, length of relationship; *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001

³p-values and regression coefficients obtained using linear regression and GEE to account for clustering of patients within clinicians, adjusting for site, patient race and drug use, clinician race and age, length of relationship; *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001