. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2017 Jun 5;22(7):584–592. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2017.1324540

Table 2.

Association between Patient-Provider Communication and Quality of Life: Bivariate Analysis

Patient-Provider Communication	Mean (SD) / % (SD)	PHQOL		MHQOL
Patient-Provider Communication	Mean (SD) / % (SD)	r	p-value	r	p-value
% Physician discussed diagnosis/treatment	0.91 (0.19)	0.12	0.01^*	0.11	0.02^*
% Patient asked questions	0.82 (0.27)	0.02	0.75	0.02	0.69
Patient was comfortable asking questions	3.58 (0.54)	0.14	0.00^*	0.24	0.00^*
Interpersonal communication barriers	1.54 (0.64)	−0.20	0.00^*	−0.31	0.00^*
Patient had unmet information needs	2.31 (0.54)	−0.09	0.04^*	−0.15	0.00^*
Patient’s overall satisfaction with information	3.45 (0.61)	0.25	0.00^*	0.34	0.00^*

p<0.05; PHQOL: Physical Health Quality of Life; MHQOL: Mental Health Quality of Life; SD: standard deviation; r: correlation coefficient