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. 2017 Jul 17;23(1):182–189. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2017.1346077

Table 3.

Differences between general practitioners’ representations and adolescents’ feelings.

  N
n = 518
Intra group P D
n = 147
Intra group P Inter-group age/sex adjusted P
Feeling good health status          
 Adolescent I feel in very poor health//in very good health –3 (24) [–5; –1] 0.0025a –9 (26) [–13; –4] <0.0001a 0.016a
 GP I think that this adolescent feels he/she is in very poor//very good/health
Being able to talk about problems          
 Adolescent I can talk about any problems I may have 2 (25) [–1; +4] 0.51a 4 (26) [0; +9] 0.080a 0.35a
 GP I think that now if this teenager has a problem he/she will be able to talk about it
Having someone to confide in          
 Adolescent I have someone to confide in if I have a problem –5 (22) [–7; –3] <0.0001a –3 (24) [–7; +1] 0.078a 0.27a
 GP I think that now if this teenager has a problem or worry he/she will be able to confide in someone
Feeling understood          
 Adolescent During this consultation, I felt I was understood –6 (19) [–8; –4] <0.0001a –5 (21) [–8; –1] 0.0005a 0.46a
 GP During this consultation, I think the teenager felt he/she was understood
Expectations          
 Adolescent This consultation lived up to my expectations –7 (20) [–9; –5] <0.0001a –6 (19) [–9; –3] 0.0001a 0.52a
 GP I think that this consultation lived up to this teenager's expectations.

N = no difficulties group; D = difficulties group. Figures are means (standard deviations) and [95% confidence limits] of differences between paired VAS ratings of the adolescent and the GP. A negative mean value indicates a lower rating by the GP than by the adolescent himself.

a

Paired Wilcoxon test.