Table 2.
Patient Perceptions of Healthcare Experiences by Central Sensitization Symptom Severity Group (N = 775).
| Central sensitization symptom severity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (N = 31) | Medium (N = 186) | High (N = 558) | P value | |
| Doctor(s) never/rarely take my symptoms seriously | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 16 | 38 | .1929 |
| False | 27 (90.0%) | 157 (92.4%) | 454 (87.3%) | |
| True | 3 (10.0%) | 13 (7.6%) | 66 (12.7%) | |
| I never/rarely have positive interactions with doctors | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 18 | 38 | .1691 |
| False | 29 (96.7%) | 160 (95.2%) | 475 (91.3%) | |
| True | 1 (3.3%) | 8 (4.8%) | 45 (8.7%) | |
| Doctor(s) often/always tell me I don’t need treatment when I feel like I do | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 17 | 40 | .0004 |
| False | 29 (96.7%) | 160 (94.7%) | 435 (84.0%) | |
| True | 1 (3.3%) | 9 (5.3%) | 83 (16.0%) | |
| Doctor(s) often/always don’t understand me | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 16 | 39 | <.0001 |
| False | 29 (96.7%) | 153 (90.0%) | 397 (76.5%) | |
| True | 1 (3.3%) | 17 (10.0%) | 122 (23.5%) | |
| Doctor(s) often/always seem annoyed with me | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 16 | 42 | .0003 |
| False | 30 (100.0%) | 164 (96.5%) | 449 (87.0%) | |
| True | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (3.5%) | 67 (13.0%) | |
| Told symptoms were “all in my head” | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 16 | 44 | <.0001 |
| False | 29 (96.7%) | 151 (88.8%) | 322 (62.6%) | |
| True | 1 (3.3%) | 19 (11.2%) | 192 (37.4%) | |
| Told symptoms were from stress | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 17 | 42 | <.0001 |
| False | 20 (66.7%) | 96 (56.8%) | 169 (32.8%) | |
| True | 10 (33.3%) | 73 (43.2%) | 347 (67.2%) | |
| Interactions with doctor(s) made me question my intuition about my health | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 16 | 44 | <.0001 |
| False | 30 (100.0%) | 146 (85.9%) | 304 (59.1%) | |
| True | 0 (0.0%) | 24 (14.1%) | 210 (40.9%) | |