Article Figures & Data
Figures
- Figure 1
Interaction between physician compassion and respect and health literacy.
Tables
- Table 1
Patient demographics and injury characteristics
Entire cohort (n=94) Age, 60+ 23 (24.5%) Length of stay 3 (2–5) Sex, male 43 (45.7%) Race/ethnicity (%) White 49 (52.1) Hispanic 35 (37.2) Black 10 (10.6) Education (%) Less than high school 6 (6.4) High school 36 (38.3) Some college 24 (25.5) 4-year college degree 14 (14.9) Graduate school 9 (9.6) Payer (%) Commercial 35 (37.2) Government 59 (62.8) Relative DRG weight 1.8±1.5 Trauma patient (vs. emergency surgery) 35 (37.2%) NVS score (%) 0 2 (2.1) 1 11 (11.7) 2 11 (11.7) 3 14 (14.9) 4 17 (18.1) 5 19 (20.2) 6 20 (21.3) NVS score (%) 0–3 inadequate health literacy 38 (40.4) 4–6 adequate health literacy 56 (59.6) DRG, diagnostic-related group; NVS, Newest Vital Sign.
- Table 2
Comparison of demographics and outcomes by health literacy proficiency
Inadequate health literacy
n=38 (40.0%)Adequate health literacy
n=56 (59.6%)P value Age, 60+ 15 (39.5%) 8 (14.3%) 0.005 Length of stay 3.5 (2.0–6.0) 3.5 (2.0–5.0) 0.630 Sex, male 18 (47.4%) 25 (44.6%) 0.795 Race/ethnicity (%) 0.120 White 19 (38.8) 30 (61.2) Hispanic 12 (34.3) 23 (65.7) Black 7 (70.0) 3 (30.0) Education (%) 0.192 Less than high school 2 (33.3) 4 (66.7) High school 20 (55.6) 16 (44.4) Some college 8 (33.3) 16 (66.7) 4-year college degree 4 (28.6) 10 (71.4) Graduate school 2 (22.2) 7 (77.8) Education, years 12.9±2.1 13.9±2.8 0.044 Payer (%) 0.008 Commercial 8 (21.1) 27 (48.2) Government 30 (78.9) 29 (51.8) Diagnostic-related group weight 1.8±1.6 1.8±1.5 0.822 Trauma admission (vs. emergency surgery) 15 (39.5%) 20 (35.7%) 0.711 IPC domains (% max score of 5) Lack of clarity 0 (0) 1 (1.9) 0.395* Elicited concerns, responded 19 (59.4) 21 (56.8) 0.826 Explained results 22 (62.9) 29 (61.7) 0.915 Decided together 14 (38.9) 16 (34.0) 0.649 Compassionate, respectful 21 (55.3) 29 (51.8) 0.740 Discriminated based on race 1 (2.6) 1 (1.8) 1.000* Disrespectful staff 1 (2.6) 0 (0) 0.404* Revised Trauma Quality of Life domains Emotional well-being 3.5±1.0 3.7±0.8 0.407 Functional engagement 4.0±1.3 3.9±0.0 0.800 Physical well-being 3.2±0.5 3.1±0.4 0.157 *Fisher’s exact test.
IPC, Interpersonal Processes of Care.
- Table 3
Summary of multivariate regression model predicting emotional well-being
Unstandardized beta coefficient 95% CI for beta P value Age, 60+ 0.92 −0.73 to 0.694 0.168 Education, years 0.07 −0.01 to 0.14 0.078 Race/ethnicity (reference group, White) Hispanic 0.01 −0.35 to 0.37 0.946 Black −0.20 −0.74 to 0.34 0.464 Diagnostic-related group weight −0.22 −0.46 to 0.03 0.081 Payer, government 0.11 −0.25 to 0.47 0.542 Physician compassion/respect 1.22 0.56 to 1.87 <0.001 Health literacy 0.00 −0.12 to 0.12 0.992 Interaction: physician compassion/respect ×
health literacy−0.70 −1.22 to −0.18 0.009 Model adjusted r2 0.33
