Table 1.
Demographics of the Study Population.a
| Number of patients, N | 84 (100%) |
| Age (in years) | 52 ± 17 (20-88) |
| Female | 44 (52%) |
| Whites | 59 (70%) |
| Highest educational degree | |
| High school/GED or some college | 39 (46%) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 23 (27%) |
| Master’s degree or advanced graduate work | 22 (26%) |
| Employment status | |
| Currently employed | 51 (61%) |
| Retired | 22 (26%) |
| Other | 11 (13%) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 22 (26%) |
| Married/remarried | 50 (60%) |
| Divorced/separated or widowed | 12 (14%) |
| Visit diagnosis | |
| Trauma | 35 (42%) |
| Nontrauma; pain | 41 (49%) |
| Nontrauma; other | 8 (9.5%) |
| Follow-up patients | 65 (77%) |
| Satisfaction | 9.0 ± 1.2 (5 –10) |
| JSPPPE | 29 ± 5.2 (12 –35) |
| CARE | 46 ± 6.3 (22-50) |
| PROMIS Physical Function | 45 ± 9.7 (23-73) |
| PHQ-2 | 1.1 ± 1.6 (0-6) |
| PSEQ-2 | 7.8 ± 2.7 (0-10) |
Abbreviations: CARE, Consultation and Relational Empathy; JSPPPE, Jefferson Scale of Patient’s Perception of Physician Empathy; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; PROMIS, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; PSEQ, Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.
a Discrete variables as frequency (percentage); continuous variables as mean ± standard deviation (range).