Table 1.
Patient and visit characteristics
| Variable | Patient and clinical characteristics (n = 118) |
| Age in years | 45 ± 15 |
| JSPPPE | 31 (27-35) |
| PROMIS depression | 48 (42-55) |
| PCS-4 | 4 (2-9) |
| SHAI-5 | 6 (5-7) |
| Total time of visit in seconds | 741 (540-1021) |
| Total time of expertise transfer in seconds | 261 (123-382) |
| Total time of communication in seconds | 683 (513-928) |
| Percentage expertise transfer or communication time | 38 ± 18 |
| Number of questions asked | 2 (0-4) |
| Gender | |
| Men | 39 (46) |
| Women | 61 (72) |
| Level of education | |
| High school or less | 19 (23) |
| Some college | 29 (34) |
| Bachelor degree | 27 (32) |
| Graduate or professional degree | 25 (29) |
| Marital status | |
| Married or unmarried couple | 50 (59) |
| Single or dating | 36 (42) |
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | 14 (17) |
| Work status | |
| Employed | 58 (68) |
| Retired | 11 (13) |
| Disabled or unemployed | 24 (28) |
| Student or part-time | 8 (9) |
| Trauma | |
| Trauma | 33 (39) |
| Nontrauma | 67 (79) |
| Follow-up | |
| New | 31 (37) |
| Returning | 69 (81) |
| Office | |
| Academic | 70 (83) |
| Private practice | 30 (35) |
| Provider | |
| Clinician 1 | 31 (37) |
| Clinician 2 | 24 (28) |
| Clinician 3 | 19 (23) |
| Clinician 4 | 8 (10) |
| Other | 17 (20) |
| NRS satisfaction | |
| Not completely satisfied | 50 (59) |
| Completely satisfied | 50 (59) |
Continuous numbers presented as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range); other data presented as % (n); JSPPPE = Jefferson Scale of Patient Perceptions of Physician Empathy; PROMIS = Patient-reported Outcome Measure Information System; PCS-4 = four-item version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale; SHAI-5 = Short Health Anxiety Inventory.