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. 2021 Feb 25;16(2):e0247583. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247583

Table 2. The percentages of high and low trust and patient-centered communication for each demographic group (region and race) in HINTS5 Cycle2.

Hints 5 Cycle 2 (2018)
Region Race
Northeast Midwest South West Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Non-Hispanic Asian Non-Hispanic Other
Trust
Trust Doctor
High 417 (94.6%) 527 (95.3%) 1190 993.9%) 665 (93.9%) 1798 (95.6%) 374 (91.2%) 397 (91.9%) 122 (94.6%) 108 (92.3%)
Low 15 (3.4%) 17 (3.1%) 58 (4.6%) 32 (4.5%) 65 (3.5%) 22 (5.4%) 26 (6.0%) 4 (3.1%) 5 (4.3%)
Trust Family
High 228 (51.7%) 311 (56.2%) 701 (55.3%) 356 (50.3%) 1038 (55.2%) 217 (52.9%) 206 (47.7%) 63 (48.8%) 72 (61.5%)
Low 188 (42.6%) 216 (39.1%) 512 (40.4%) 318 (44.9%) 784 (41.7%) 158 (38.5%) 196 (45.4%) 56 (43.4%) 40 (34.2%)
Trust Radio
High 103 (23.4%) 114 (20.6%) 312 (24.6%) 161 (22.7%) 367 (19.5%) 142 (34.6%) 117 (27.1%) 39 (30.2%) 25 (21.4%)
Low 308 (69.8%) 408 (73.8%) 886 (69.9%) 504 (71.2%) 1431 (76.1%) 232 (56.6%) 279 (64.6%) 78 (60.5%) 86 (73.5%)
Trust Internet
High 274 (62.1%) 362 (65.5%) 866 (68.4%) 485 (68.5%) 1270 (67.5%) 280 (68.3%) 272 (63.0%) 90 (69.8%) 75 (64.1%)
Low 142 (32.2%) 163 (29.5%) 343 (27.1%) 185 (26.1%) 536 (28.5%) 101 (24.6%) 130 (30.1%) 28 (21.7%) 38 (32.5%)
Trust TV
High 145 (32.9%) 161 (29.1%) 484 (38.2%) 230 (32.5%) 546 (29.0%) 207 (50.5%) 171 (39.6%) 57 (44.2%) 39 (33.3%)
Low 262 (59.4%) 365 (66.0%) 718 (56.7%) 437 (61.7%) 1252 (66.6%) 169 (41.2%) 227 (52.5%) 61 (47.3%) 73 (62.4%)
Trust News
High 169 (38.3%) 210 (38.0%) 537 (42.4%) 283 (40.0%) 695 (36.9%) 205 (50.0%) 182 (42.1%) 60 (46.5%) 57 (48.7%)
Low 244 (55.3%) 319 (57.7%) 667 (52.6%) 383 (54.1%) 1113 (59.2%) 170 (41.5%) 217 (50.2%) 57 (44.2%) 56 (47.9%)
Patient Centered Communication
Chance to ask questions
High 344 (78.0%) 439 (79.4%) 973 976.4%) 540 (76.3%) 1530 (81.3%) 314 (76.6%) 274 (63.4%) 85 (65.9%) 93 (79.5%)
Low 37 (8.4%) 30 (5.4%) 92 (7.3%) 52 (7.3%) 117 (6.2%) 26 (6.3%) 48 (11.1%) 13 (10.1%) 7 (6.0%)
Feelings addressed
High 308 (69.8%) 388 (70.2%) 865 (68.3%) 456 (64.4%) 1342 (71.3%) 282 (68.8%) 236 (54.6%) 70 (54.3%) 87 (74.4%)
Low 71 (16.1%) 80 (14.5%) 200 (15.8%) 135 (19.1%) 304 (16.2%) 57 (13.9%) 84 (19.4%) 28 (21.7%) 13 (11.1%)
Involved decisions
High 334 (75.7%) 413 (74.7%) 941 (74.3%) 495 (69.9%) 1459 (77.6%) 296 (72.2%) 263 (60.9%) 78 (60.5%) 87 (74.4%)
Low 46 (10.4%) 55 (9.9%) 124 (9.8%) 94 (13.3%) 187 (9.9%) 42 (10.2%) 57 (13.2%) 20 (15.5%) 13 (11.1%0
Understood next steps
High 354 (80.3%) 430 (77.8%) 994 (78.5%) 530 (74.9%) 1536 (81.7%) 310 (75.6%) 286 (66.2%) 85 (65.9%) 91 (77.8%)
Low 26 (5.9%) 38 (6.9%) 73 (5.8%) 59 (8.3%) 111 (5.9%) 28 (6.8%) 35 (8.1%) 13 (10.1%) 9 (7.7%)
Help with uncertainty
High 290 (65.8%) 380 (68.7%) 818 (64.6%) 435 (61.4%) 1276 (67.8%) 268 (65.4%) 232 (53.7%) 72 (55.8%) 75 (64.1%)
Low 88 (20.0%) 85 (15.4%) 239 (18.9%) 151 (21.3%) 356 (18.9%) 69 (16.8%) 88 (20.4%) 26 (20.2%) 24 (20.5%)