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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Aug 20;99(2):250–255. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.08.020

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)
1

Higher 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

2

p-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

3

p-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