Table 4.
Survey Responses: Quality of Communication a
|
n (%) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Items and Response Options | White Non-Hispanic |
Racial/ Ethnic Minority |
Total Sample |
| How good is your doctor at… | |||
| Involving you in the decisions about the treatments you would want if you get too sick to speak for yourself? | 404 | 108 | 512 |
| Not done | 274 (67.8) | 55 (50.9) | 329 (64.3) |
| Imperfect performance | 70 (17.3) | 17 (15.7) | 87 (17.0) |
| Perfect performance | 60 (14.9) | 36 (33.3) | 96 (18.8) |
| Asking about the things in life that are important to you? | 400 | 109 | 509 |
| Not done | 196 (49.0) | 46 (42.2) | 242 (47.5) |
| Imperfect performance | 107 (26.8) | 16 (14.7) | 123 (24.2) |
| Perfect performance | 97 (24.3) | 47 (43.1) | 144 (28.3) |
| Asking you about your spiritual or religious beliefs? | 400 | 107 | 507 |
| Not done | 344 (86.0) | 78 (72.9) | 422 (83.2) |
| Imperfect performance | 33 (8.3) | 15 (14.0) | 48 (9.5) |
| Perfect performance | 23 (5.8) | 14 (13.1) | 37 (7.3) |
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The numbers on the line stating each survey question represent the number of patients in the group identified in the column who gave valid responses to the question.