Table 2.
Patient and Clinician Characteristics
| Patient Characteristics (N=76) | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Age (years) | 47.3 (11) |
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| Household Income | $44,283 ($27,670) |
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| CES-D score | 24.69 (14.3) |
|
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| Percent | |
|
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| Gender (female) | 74 |
|
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| Education | |
| High School or less | 54 |
|
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| Employment | |
| Working | 65 |
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| Health Insurance | 89 |
|
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| Clinician Characteristics (N=21) | Mean (SD) |
|
| |
| Age (years) | 44.8 (9.3) |
|
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| Experience at current practice (years) | 8.5 (7.3) |
|
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| Percent | |
|
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| Gender (female) | 59 |
|
| |
| Ethnicity | |
| African-American | 24 |
| Asian | 29 |
| White | 48 |
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| Internal Medicine | 71 |
|
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| Board Certified | 71 |
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| Very confident in ability to care for minoritiesa | 57 |
a
Clinicians were asked, “How confident are you in caring for minority patients?” (not at all confident, not very confident, somewhat confident, and very confident). All clinicians in this study reported being “somewhat” or “very” confident.