Communication skills training for physicians improves health literacy and medical outcomes among patients with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial

Table 4 Interaction of Intervention with time period for each outcome

Outcome^a	Estimated Parameter (SE^b)	95% Confidence Interval (CI)	P-value
Physician
Physician-patient communication skills	0.61 (0.16)	0.27, 0.91	0.00
Patients
Patient health literacy	0.59 (0.12)	0.22, 0.83	0.00
Medication adherence	0.43 (0.11)	0.20, 0.67	0.00
Patients’ Self-efficacy	0.41 (0.19)	0.14, 0.65	0.002
SBP	−0.75 (0.18)	−1.02, −0.31	0.00
DBP	−0.93 (0.22)	−1.11, −0.49	0.00

^aAdjusted for age, gender, marital status, employment, income, education, comorbid conditions; ^b Standard error

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