The Patient's Point of View: Characterizing Patient-Level Factors Associated with Perceptions of Health Care.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: We explored the association between perception of care, as measured by the Interpersonal Processes of Care (IPC) survey, and patient-level factors, including (1) Trust in physicians; (2) Perceived empathy; (3) Stereotype threat; (4) Perceived everyday discrimination; and (5) Self-Reported Health. Methods: Fifty participants from diverse racial backgrounds and education levels were surveyed. We examined the associations between the five patient-level factors and each subdomain of the IPC using multiple linear regression. We added a race interaction term to assess whether associations between IPC subdomains and predictors differed by race. We tested for correlation among factors found to be significantly associated with the IPC. Results: In adjusted analyses, tr

SUBMITTER: Torain MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8252902 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature