Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
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| Patient characteristics |
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Age | 57.62 (14.57) | ||
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Gender |
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Male | 16 (47) | |
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Literacy levels |
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7th to 8th grade | 11 (32) | |
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High school | 23 (68) | |
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Education level |
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Less than high school | 1 (3) | |
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high school/GEDb/technical | 9 (27) | |
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Some college | 8 (24) | |
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College degree | 15 (46) | |
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Patient insurance |
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Private | 9 (27) | |
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Medicare | 10 (29) | |
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Medicaid | 10 (29) | |
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None | 2 (6) | |
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Other | 3 (9) | |
| Provider characteristics |
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Age | 40.34 (9.44) | ||
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Gender |
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Male | 19 (54) | |
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Occupation |
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Physician/family medicine | 12 (34) | |
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Physician/internal medicine | 22 (63) | |
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Nurse practitioner | 1 (3) | |
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Rank |
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Attending | 26 (74) | |
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Resident | 9 (26) | |
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Degree |
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MDc/DOd | 34 (97) | |
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NPe | 1 (3) | |
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Mean years at clinic | 7.48 (6.53) | |
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Provider communication skills training |
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A little | 8 (42) | |
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Some | 7 (37) | |
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Quite a bit | 4 (21) | |
aSD: standard deviation.
bGED: General Educational Development.
cMD: Doctor of Medicine.
dDO: Doctor of Osteopathy.
eNP: nurse practitioner.