Table 1.

Trust in physician scale questions and scoring

	Totally disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Totally agree
1. I doubt that my doctor really cares about me as a person	5	4	3	2	1
2. My doctor is usually considerate of my needs and puts them first	1	2	3	4	5
3. I trust my doctor so much I always try to follow his/her advice	1	2	3	4	5
4. If my doctor tells me something is so, then it must be true	1	2	3	4	5
5. I sometimes distrust my doctor’s opinions and would like a second one	5	4	3	2	1
6. I trust my doctor’s judgments about my medical care	1	2	3	4	5
7. I feel my doctor does not do everything he/she should about my medical care	5	4	3	2	1
8. I trust my doctor to put my medical needs above all other considerations when treating my medical problems	1	2	3	4	5
9. My doctor is well qualified to manage (diagnose and treat or make an appropriate referral) medical problems like mine	1	2	3	4	5
10. I trust my doctor to tell me if a mistake was made about my treatment	1	2	3	4	5
11. I sometimes worry that my doctor may not keep the information we discuss totally private	5	4	3	2	1