Table 2.
Patient-provider relationship and engagement in care
| Strongly or somewhat agree with the following statementsa | Total N (%) |
In care N (%) |
Sporadic care N (%) |
Out of care N (%) |
Test statistic | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| During my most recent visit at this clinic, my main HIV medical provider listened carefully to me | 169 (98.3) | 113 (99.1) | 34 (100.0) | 22 (91.7) | N/A | 0.0748c |
| During my most recent visit at this clinic, my main HIV medical provider explained things in a way that I could understand | 171 (99.4) | 114 (100.0) | 34 (100.0) | 23 (95.8) | N/A | 0.1395c |
| During my most recent visit at this clinic, my main HIV medical provider showed respect for what I had to say | 169 (98.3) | 113 (99.1) | 34 (100.0) | 22 (91.7) | N/A | 0.0748c |
| During my most recent visit at this clinic, my main HIV medical provider spent enough time with me | 163 (94.8) | 107 (93.9) | 34 (100.0) | 22 (91.7) | N/A | 0.2869c |
| In the last 12”months, main HIV health care provider usually or always seemed informed and up-to-date about the care you got from specialists (n = 99)b | 80 (80.8) | 67 (82.7) | 13 (72.2) | N/Ad | 4.447 | 0.0350 |
| In the last 12 months, I talked with main HIV health care provider about a personal problem, family problem, alcohol use, or a mental or emotional illness they were experiencing (n = 130)b | 74 (56.9) | 57 (58.2) | 17 (53.1) | N/Ad | N/A | 0.6173c |
a
Questions were asked on a Likert Scale with possible responses of strongly agree, somewhat agree, strongly disagree, don’t know, refuse to answer
b
Includes only those who responded to the question
c
Indicates Fisher’s exact test used; otherwise Chi-Square test used. N/A indicates not applicable as a test statistic is not generated
d
Not asked of out of care participants as by definition they were not seen by a provider in the last 6 to 12 months
Significant p-values are bolded