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Table 4 Associations between dissatisfaction with medical care provided to patients’ families with Trust in Doctors Generally

From: The impact that family members’ health care experiences have on patients’ trust in physicians

Trust in Doctors Generally score, points

Mean difference

(95 %CI)

p-value

Unadjusted modela

   

Dissatisfaction with medical care provided to a patient’s family

-10.4

(-13.2 to -7.56)

< 0.001

Multivariable-adjusted modelb

   

Dissatisfaction with medical care provided to a patient’s family

-9.58

(-12.4 to -6.76)

< 0.001

Age, per 10 yr

1.92

(0.44 to 3.39)

0.011

Sex, female

-0.81

(-4.34 to 2.73)

0.654

Education

   

Junior high school

Ref

  

High school

-5.29

(-13.4 to 2.85)

0.203

Junior college

-2.92

(-12.0 to 6.12)

0.527

University

-6.69

(-14.8 to 1.41)

0.105

Graduate school

-10.3

(-20.4 to -0.17)

0.046

Not answered

-4.94

(-17.2 to 7.34)

0.430

Total household income

   

< 1,000,000 yen

-6.16

(-13.4 to 1.04)

0.094

1,000,000 – < 3,000,000 yen

-0.05

(-5.5 to 5.42)

0.987

3,000,000 – < 5,000,000 yen

-0.47

(-5.7 to 4.76)

0.860

5,000,000 – < 10,000,000 yen

-1.56

(-6.7 to 3.58)

0.552

10,000,000 or over yen

Ref

  
  1. Analysis of 661 patients in 46 prefectures
  2. aLinear mixed effect models with consideration for prefectural level correlation
  3. bLinear mixed effect model adjusted for age, sex, comorbidities, education, and total household income with consideration for prefectural-level correlation