Table 2.

Crude and Adjusted Odds Ratios (ORs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) for Variables of Perceived Health Care Comparing People With and Without Serious Psychological Distress

Health Care Variables	People with Serious Psychological Distress
	Crude OR	95% CI of Crude OR	P Value	Adjusted ORa	95% CI of Adjusted OR	P Value
Giving you the chance to ask all the health-related questions you had (always)	0.72	0.53–0.96	.03	0.78	0.56–1.09	.08
Giving the attention you needed to your feelings and emotions (always)	0.71	0.52–0.97	.04	0.66	0.46–0.93	.02
Involving you in decisions about your health care as much as you wanted (always)	0.70	0.50–0.99	.03	0.74	0.52–1.07	.08
Making sure you understood the things you needed to do to take care of your health (always)	0.60	0.42–0.86	.01	0.56	0.38–0.82	.002
Helping you deal with feelings of uncertainty about your health or health care (always)	0.64	0.45–0.96	.01	0.59	0.41–0.80	.04
Feeling you could rely on doctors, nurses, or other health professionals to take care of your health care needs (always)	0.62	0.45–0.86	.008	0.65	0.45–0.94	.01
Overall health care quality (very good-excellent)	0.38	0.25–0.58	<.001	0.42	0.27–0.65	<.001

^aORs adjusted for age, gender, race, education, marital status, income, insurance, and usual source of care.