Table 3.
Association between post‐consultation anxiety and the explanatory factors for task‐oriented, affect‐oriented and therapy‐oriented communication
| Anxiety after the consultation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Task‐oriented | Affect‐oriented | Therapy‐oriented | ||||
| β | 95% CI (P) | β | 95% CI (P) | β | 95% CI (P) | |
| Experience | ||||||
| Anxiety before | 0.73 | 0.65 to 0.82 (0.00)*** | 0.74 | 0.65 to 0.82 (0.00)*** | 0.75 | 0.66 to 0.83 (0.00)*** |
| Group MUS | 0.58 | −0.14 to 1.30 (0.11) | 2.35 | 0.64 to 4.06 (0.01)** | 0.38 | −0.13 to 0.88 (0.14) |
| MES | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Experience | −0.08 | −0.16 to 0.00 (0.04)* | −0.13 | −0.33 to 0.06 (0.17)** | −0.03 | −0.10 to 0.04 (0.44) |
| Interaction | ||||||
| MUS*Experience | −0.20 | −0.41 to 0.01 (0.06) | −0.63 | −1.07 to −0.19 (0.01) | −0.17 | −0.35 to 0.01 (0.07) |
| MES*Experience | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Meeting patients’ expectations | ||||||
| Anxiety before | 0.74 | 0.65 to 0.83 (0.00)*** | 0.73 | 0.65 to 0.82 (0.00)*** | 0.74 | 0.65 to 0.83 (0.00)*** |
| Group MUS | −0.01 | −0.38 to 0.36 (0.97) | −0.04 | −0.56 to 0.48 (0.87) | 0.09 | −0.25 to 0.44 (0.59) |
| MES | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Meeting patients’ expectations | −0.12 | −0.34 to 0.09 (0.26) | −0.13 | −0.41 to 0.16 (0.38) | −0.10 | −0.30 to 0.09 (0.30) |
| Interaction | ||||||
| MUS*meeting patients’ expectations | −0.11 | −0.59 to 0.36 (0.64) | −0.05 | −0.62 to 0.52 (0.86) | −0.28 | −0.79 to 0.23 (0.28) |
| MES* meeting patients’ expectations | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
MES, medically explained symptoms; MUS, medically unexplained symptoms.
All results are adjusted for confounders.
*P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001.