Table 2.
Self-reported patient-centered care for community-dwelling older persons (N = 117).
| Patient-centered | Not patient-centered | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In general, during your appointments with health care professional do they: | Yes and I wanted this | No, but I didn't want this | Yes, but I didn't want this | No, but I wanted this |
| Listen to what you have to say? | 91 (78%) | 3 (3%) | 7 (6%) | 15 (13%) |
| Encourage you to ask them questions? | 71 (61%) | 9 (8%) | 7 (7%) | 29 (25%) |
| Give you enough time to explain your health concerns? | 87 (75%) | 1 (1%) | 6 (5%) | 22 (19%) |
| Do whatever they can to address your health concerns? | 93 (82%) | 2 (2%) | 5 (4%) | 13 (11%) |
| Explain things in a way you can understand? | 94 (81%) | 2 (2%) | 5 (4%) | 15 (13%) |
| Mainly speak to you, rather than the person/s accompanying you (e.g., Family member or friend) | 86 (78%) | 4 (4%) | 6 (5%) | 15 (14%) |
| Speak to you with respect | 108 (94%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (5%) | 1 (1%) |
| When discussing treatments do your health care professionals: | ||||
| Ask you about your goals or expectations of treatment? | 60 (52%) | 11 (10%) | 2 (2%) | 42 (37%) |
| Ask you how involved you would like to be in making decisions about treatment? | 67 (58%) | 10 (9%) | 5 (4%) | 33 (29%) |
| Give you sufficient information about each treatment option? | 87 (75%) | 2 (2%) | 6 (5%) | 21 (18%) |
| Help you weigh up the pros and cons of different treatment options? | 83 (72%) | 4 (3%) | 5 (4%) | 24 (21%) |
N varied from 111 to 116 due to missing data.