Table 4.

Patients’ demographic characteristics (partly) and CR-PPOS scores

Demographic characteristics	Number (percentage)	Caring subscale	Sharing subscale	CR-PPOS total
Gender
Male	195 (36.1%)	4.11±0.95	3.17±0.74	3.49±0.71
Female	330 (61.1%)	4.07±0.96	3.09±0.77	3.44±0.69
p Value		0.574	0.295	0.468
Age (Group)
–35	175 (32.4%)	4.24±0.91	3.32±0.68	3.59±0.67
–50	102 (18.9%)	4.00±1.00	3.02±0.83	3.37±0.75
–65	129 (23.9%)	3.93±1.02	3.00±0.76	3.35±0.72
66–	107 (19.8%)	4.14±0.86	3.12±0.77	3.50±0.64
p Value		0.034*	0.001*	0.009*
Education
Primary school or below	39 (7.2%)	3.93±1.00	2.97±0.81	3.29±0.78
Junior school	112 (20.7%)	3.89±0.95	2.99±0.77	3.29±0.67
Senior school	162 (30.0%)	4.06±0.95	3.12±0.71	3.46±0.69
College or above	203 (37.6%)	4.26±0.93	3.23±0.80	3.59±0.70
p Value		0.007*	0.030*	0.002*
Personal income (CNY)
-1500	23 (4.3%)	3.91±0.93	2.96±0.83	3.27±0.61
–3000	105 (19.4%)	3.83±1.02	2.96±0.83	3.23±0.77
–5000	192 (35.6%)	4.14±0.95	3.16±0.79	3.51±0.71
–10 000	115 (21.3%)	4.17±0.94	3.13±0.68	3.54±0.63
10 000–	70 (13.0%)	4.11±0.97	3.26±0.73	3.48±0.73
p Value		0.048*	0.088	0.006*
Experience as medical staff
Yes	27 (5.0)%	3.67±1.07	2.84±0.76	3.12±0.80
No	241 (44.6%)	4.05±1.00	3.22±0.75	3.46±0.75
p Value		0.071	0.013*	0.028*

*p<0.05.

CR-PPOS, Chinese-revised Patient–Practitioner Orientation Scale; CNY, Chinese Yuan.