Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of patient-centered communication (N=626).
| Patient-centered communication | Always, n (%) | Usually, n (%) | Sometimes, n (%) | Never, n (%) | Nonvalid, n (%) |
| Give you the chance to ask all the health-related questions you had |
393 (62.8) | 142 (22.7) | 39 (6.2) | 3 (0.5) | 49 (7.8) |
| Give the attention you needed to your feelings and emotions | 279 (44.6) | 185 (29.6) | 83 (13.3) | 23 (3.7) | 56 (8.9) |
| Involve you in decisions about your health care as much as you wanted | 324 (51.8) | 180 (28.8) | 65 (10.4) | 7 (1.1) | 50 (7.9) |
| Make sure you understood the things you needed to do to take care of your health | 362 (57.8) | 169 (27) | 43 (6.9) | 3 (0.5) | 49 (7.8) |
| Explain things in a way you could understand | 366 (58.5) | 164 (26.2) | 43 (6.9) | 3 (0.5) | 50 (7.9) |
| Spend enough time with you | 292 (46.6) | 193 (30.8) | 73 (11.7) | 17 (2.7) | 51 (8.2) |
| Help you deal with feelings of uncertainty about your health or health care | 260 (41.5) | 191 (30.5) | 90 (14.4) | 29 (4.6) | 56 (9) |