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Table 1 Survey Respondent Characteristics, by Experimental Group

From: Can teaching agenda-setting skills to physicians improve clinical interaction quality? A controlled intervention

Patient Characteristics

Control Physicians

Intervention Physicians

 
 

(n = 1,187)

(n = 894)

 

Average # patients/MD

107.9 (21.3)

89.4 (24.2)

 

Age

48.5 (10.9)

49.8 (10.3)

**

Gender (% male)

44%

39%

*

Education

  

***

   Less than high school

3.2%

6.1%

 

   High school graduate

73.4%

31.6%

 

   College graduate & beyond

23.4%

67.8%

 

Race

   

   White

77%

61%

***

   Black

2%

11%

***

   Hispanic

7%

5%

 

   Asian

4%

17%

***

   Other

14%

9%

***

Self Rated Physical Health

56.1 (25.2)

57.3 (27.4)

 

Physician-Patient Relationship Duration

  

***

   < 6 months

7%

10%

 

   6 months – 1 year

9%

14%

 

   1–2 years

17%

28%

 

   3–5 years

17%

23%

 

   > 5 years

50%

25%

 

Number of Chronic Conditions

1.6 (1.5)

1.5 (1.4)

 
  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001