Table 4 Description of trust
Items | Obs | Mean | SD | Mix | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Your doctor cares about your health just as much or more than you do. | 574 | 3.95 | 0.73 | 1 | 5 |
2. Sometimes doctors care more about what is convenient for them than about their patients’ medical needs. | 574 | 2.78 | 1.26 | 1 | 5 |
3. Doctors’ medical skill are not as good as they should be. | 574 | 3.11 | 0.76 | 1 | 5 |
4. Your doctor is extremely thorough and careful. | 574 | 4.15 | 0.77 | 1 | 5 |
5. You completely trust your doctor’s decisions about which medical treatments are best for you. | 574 | 3.91 | 0.77 | 1 | 5 |
6. Your doctor is totally honest in telling you about all the different treatment options available for your condition. | 574 | 3.80 | 0.88 | 1 | 5 |
7. Sometimes doctors do not pay full attention to what patients are trying to tell them. | 574 | 2.49 | 1.16 | 1 | 5 |
8. Your doctor only thinks about what is best for you. | 574 | 3.83 | 1.00 | 1 | 5 |
9. You have no worries about putting your life in your doctor’s hands. | 574 | 3.30 | 1.38 | 1 | 5 |
10. All in all, you trust doctors completely. | 574 | 4.02 | 0.78 | 1 | 5 |
Total score | 3.53 | 0.51 | |||
Skewness | 0.08 | ||||
Kurtosis | 2.92 | ||||
P (normal) | 0.95 > 0.05 |