Table 1. Associations between Trust in the Health Care Professional and Health Outcome stratified according to the Outcome Dimension.
Analysis | N of studies (patients) | r | 95% CI | p | τ2 | Publication bias | ||
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Egger test (p) | Fail-safe N | Trim & Fill test | ||||||
Overall | 47 (34 817) | 0.24 | 0.19, 0.29 | <0.001 | 0.03 | <0.001 | 9 328 | 0.24 |
Objective | 15 (7 867) | -0.02 | -0.08, 0.03 | 0.430 | 0.01 | 0.518 | 0 | -0.02 |
Observer-rated | 2 (706) | 0.10 | -0.16, 0.36 | 0.445 | 0.04 | - | - | - |
Subjective, self-rated | 42 (30 943) | 0.30 | 0.24, 0.35 | <0.001 | 0.04 | <0.001 | 10 532 | 0.30 |
Behaviour | 21 (26 642) | 0.14 | 0.10, 0.19 | <0.001 | 0.01 | 0.010 | 1 857 | 0.14 |
Experience | 29 (10 229) | 0.37 | 0.27, 0.47 | <0.001 | 0.09 | 0.226 | 23 39 | 0.37 |
Satisfaction | 15 (5 141) | 0.57 | 0.49, 0.64 | <0.001 | 0.04 | 0.636 | 8 007 | 0.57 |
HRQoL | 5 (1 816) | 0.18 | 0.14, 0.22 | <0.001 | <0.01 | 0.134 | 93 | 0.17 |
Symptom-related | 13 (4 285) | 0.13 | 0.04, 0.22 | 0.004 | 0.02 | 0.333 | 263 | 0.13 |
Note. Study is used as the the unit of analysis. Ns of Subanalysis (objective, observer-rated and subjective, self-rated) do not add up to 34 817, since several studies included more than one outcome. r = correlation; CI = confidence interval; τ2 = variability between studies;— = no estimate provided due to small number of included studies; HRQoL = health-related quality of life.