The effect of physician training and patient education on the discussion of care decisions at the internal medicine outpatient clinic

Table 2 Patient satisfaction, patient-doctor relationship, shared decision making and number of care decision discussions per group

	Physician not trained, Patient uninformed n = 36	Physician not trained, Patient informed n = 37	Physician trained, Patient uninformed n = 56	Physician trained, Patient informed n = 47	p-value*
Mean patient satisfaction^a	8.5 (8.0–9.0)	8.0 (8.0–9.0)	9.0 (8.0–9.5)	8.0 (8.0–9.3)	0.503
Patient-doctor relationship^b	40 (36–44)	36 (34–42)	41 (34–44)	40 (36–44)	0.963
Shared decision making^c	67 (56–77)	58 (48–73)	64 (56–73)	67 (49–76)	0.594
Care decision discussions	8/32 (25%)	8/33 (24%)	20/51 (39%)	9/45 (20%)	**
Decision made in consultation	5/8 (63%)	4/8 (50%)	12/20 (60%)	4/9 (44%)	**

Median and interquartile range. * P-value for difference between group “Physician not trained, Patient uninformed” and “Physician trained, Patient informed” with Mann–Whitney U test. ** not statistically analysed due to sample size
^ascale 0–10, missing in 11/176 patients (6%)
^bPatient Doctor Relationship Questionaire-9, scale 9–45, missing in 12/176 patients (7%)
^cShared Decision Making Questionnaire -9- Doctor, scale 0–100, missing in 43/176 patients (24%)

ISSN: 1472-6963