Table 3.

Association between physicians’ empathy, patient adherence and patient perception of medical errors

	Follow recommendations	Return to provider	Errors in care
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)a		Adjusted OR (95% CI)
CARE scoreb
Low (10–30)	Used as reference
Middle (31–40)	1.5 (0.5–4.3)	7.0 (1.3–37.5)	0.5 (0.1–1.8)
High (41–50)	2.2 (0.8–5.8)	15.3 (2.9–80.7)	0.2 (0.04–0.6)

Empathy categories defined by Steinhausen et al. [18]

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval (95%)

^aAdjusted models controlled for gender and income

^bCARE