Table 5.
Distribution of Patient-and Physician-Initiated Clues and Physicians Response Overall and By Health Literacy Level.
| Clues | Health literacy |
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients (N = 83) | Limited (n = 21) | Adequate (n = 62) | Mean difference (95% CI) | ||
| Total patient-initiated clues, M ± SD | 2.0 ± 2.0 | 2.1 ± 2.1 | 1.4 ± 1.6 | −0.70 (−1.7-0.29) | .16 |
| Emotional, M ± SD | 1.4 ± 1.4 | 1.0 ± 1.3 | 1.5 ± 1.4 | −0.43 (−1.1-0.27) | .22 |
| Feelings related to condition, M ± SD | 0.89 ± 1.0 | 0.71 ± 1.1 | 0.95 ± 1.0 | −0.24 (−0.76-0.29) | .37 |
| Stress, M ± SD | 0.30 ± 0.73 | 0.19 ± 0.51 | 0.34 ± 0.79 | −0.15 (−0.51-0.22) | .42 |
| Loss of family member,M ± SD | 0.010 ± 0.11 | 0 | 0.020 ± 0.13 | −0.020 (−0.070-0.040) | .56 |
| Concerns about Life changes, M ± SD | 0.14 ± 0.39 | 0.10 ± 0.30 | 0.16 ± 0.41 | −0.070 (−0.26-0.13) | .50 |
| Feeling depressed, M ± SD | 0.010 ± 0.11 | 0.050 ± 0.22 | 0 | −0.050 (−0.010-0.10) | .086 |
| Social, M ± SD | 0.58 ± 1.0 | 0.38 ± 0.80 | 0.65 ± 1.1 | −0.26 (−0.79-0.26) | .32 |
| Total physician-initiated clues, M ± SD | 0.96 ± 1.3 | 0.38 ± 0.67 | 1.2 ± 1.4 | −0.78 (−1.4-0.15) | .017 |
CI = confidence interval.