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Table 2 Characteristics of patient-physician relationship

From: Hypertensive patients' perceptions of their physicians' knowledge about them: a cross-sectional study in Japan

 

Type of institutions

 
 

Clinic

(n = 362*)

Hospital

(n = 325*)

 

Characteristic

n (%)

n (%)

p value

Frequency of the visits

   

   > once a month

59 (17.3)

22 (7.1)

<0.001

   once a month

215 (63.0)

160 (51.6)

 

   once in 2 months

27 (7.9)

89 (28.7)

 

   once in 3 months or more

40 (11.7)

39 (12.6)

 

Length of the relationship

   

   less than a year

39 (11.3)

62 (19.7)

0.001

   1-2 years

69 (19.9)

72 (22.9)

 

   3-5 years

99 (28.6)

96 (30.5)

 

   ≥6 years

139 (40.2)

85 (27.0)

 
  1. * The numbers of each item do not sum up to the total because there were some missing or invalid data for each question.