Table 3.

Domain Communication: Summary of Relative Questions Values, Answer Options, a Question Index Value (Q-IV), and a Mean Domain Index Value (D-IV).^a

Questions	Answer Options (%)				Q-IV
Q1. Changes in communication	Decreased	Somewhat decreased	Equal	Increased
	11	36	36	17	53
Q2. Risk of incorrect assessment	Yes	Maybe	Not at all
	21	57	22		22
Q3. As a person validated	Not at all	Partly	Completely
	4	23	73		73
Q4. Opportunity of trust	Worse	Slightly worse	Equally	Better
	15	34	49	3	52
Q5. Same opportunity to advise, support, and teach	Worse	Slightly worse	Equally	Better
	9	27	56	9	65
Q6. Concern about mistakes due to written dialogues	More	Partly	Equal	Less
	9	33	48	10	58
Q7. Concern about not “seeing” the physician	Yes	Maybe	Not at all
	12	30	58		58
Q8. Easier to communicate about some specific female/male diseases		No	Maybe	Yes
		21	40	39	79

^aDomain index values (D-IV) are summarized as a mean Q-IV. D-IV = 0.58. Positive relative response rates are highlighted.