Table 4.
Median confidence levels reported by profession/specialty engaging in key patient-provider communication tasks
| Median confidence level (Interquartile range) when: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Profession/ Specialty |
Setting realistic expectations with my patients regarding the impact of immuno-therapy on their cancer | Explaining to my patient their ineligibility for immuno-therapy, due to health status | Explaining to my patient why they are not responding positively to a given immuno-therapy agent |
| Oncologist |
76 (28) |
72 (31) |
70 (30) |
| Interventional radiologist |
50 (39) |
47 (53) |
55 (59) |
| Nurse Practitioner |
80 (27) |
80 (31) |
75 (37) |
| Physician Assistant |
78 (27) |
79 (24) |
78 (27) |
| Clinical Pharmacist |
56 (38) |
50 (46) |
51 (48) |
| Asymptotic Significance | p < .001 | p < .001 | p < .001 |
| Kruskal-Wallis H | 53.686 | 40.371 | 57.365 |