Table 4.
Demographic Characteristics of Medical Residents (N = 16) and Patients (N = 158)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Residents | |
|
| |
| Gender | |
| Male | 10 (63) |
| Female | 6 (37) |
|
| |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 9 (56) |
| Asian | 3 (19) |
| African American | 2 (13) |
| Hispanic | 1 (7) |
| Other | 1 (7) |
|
| |
| U.S. born | |
| Yes | 11 (69) |
| No | 5 (31) |
|
| |
| Postgraduate program | |
| Family medicine | 10 (63) |
| Internal medicine | 6 (37) |
|
| |
| Postgraduate year | |
| First | 8 (50) |
| Second | 5 (31) |
| Third | 3 (19) |
|
| |
| Patients | |
|
| |
| Gender | |
| Female | 95 (60) |
| Male | 63 (40) |
|
| |
| Age (years) | |
| 18–24 | 13 (8) |
| 25–34 | 14 (9) |
| 35–44 | 30 (19) |
| 45–54 | 45 (28) |
| 55–64 | 34 (22) |
| 65+ | 22 (14) |
|
| |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| African American | 81 (51) |
| White | 51 (32) |
| Hispanic | 13 (9) |
| Asian | 2 (1) |
| Other | 11 (7) |
|
| |
| High school diploma or equivalency | |
| Yes | 151 (96) |
| No | 7 (4) |
|
| |
| Health literacy score | |
| 0–1 High likelihood of low health literacy | 40 (25) |
| 2–3 Possibility of limited health literacy | 47 (30) |
| 4–6 Adequate health literacy | 71 (45) |