| “Patient willingness” measure | Employment (n = 78) | |||||||||
| Employed (44) | Unemployed (6) | Retired (22) | Student (6) | Kruskal–Wallis | Post hoc Mann–Whitney test locating significant differences (Mann–Whitney U statistic) | |||||
| Median | Mean (95% CI) (SD) | Median | Mean (95% CI) (SD) | Median | Mean (95% CI) (SD) | Median | Mean (95% CI) (SD) | |||
| Patients’ willingness to ask factual questions to doctors | 3.64 | 3.56 (3.45 to 3.67) (0.36) | 3.21 | 3.31 (2.94 to 3.68) (0.35) | 3.29 | 3.21 (2.95 to 3.48) (0.59) | 3.00 | 3.10 (2.51 to 3.68) (0.55) | 10.04* | Employed–retired* (303.00)Employed–student* (63.00) |
| Patients’ willingness to ask challenging questions to doctors | 2.40 | 2.57 (2.36 to 2.78) (0.70) | 1.70 | 1.80 (0.97 to 2.63) (0.79) | 2.30 | 2.28 (1.95 to 2.62) (0.59) | 1.80 | 2.10 (1.04 to 3.16) (1.01) | 6.84 | NA |
| Patients’ willingness to ask factual questions to nurses | 3.00 | 3.19 (3.02 to 3.36) (0.56) | 3.00 | 2.92 (2.06 to 3.77) (0.82) | 3.00 | 2.94 (2.68 to 3.21) (0.59) | 2.88 | 3.00 (2.45 to 3.55) (0.52) | 1..98 | NA |
| Patients’ willingness to ask challenging questions to nurses | 2.75 | 2.73 (2.53 to 2.94) (0.67) | 2.13 | 2.13 (1.05 to 3.20) (1.02) | 2.50 | 2.51 (2.24 to 2.78) (0.61) | 2.00 | 2.13 (1.04 to 3.21) (1.03) | 6.65 | NA |
| Patients’ willingness to ask challenging questions to doctors, if instructed to by a doctor | 3.75 | 3.36 (3.12 to 3.60) (0.80) | 2.88 | 2.54 (1.74 to 3.34) (0.77) | 3.00 | 3.11 (2.77 to 3.46) (0.79) | 2.38 | 2.50 (1.52 to 3.48) (0.94) | 9.69* | Employed–unemployed* (54.500)Employed–student* (65.00) |
| Patients’ willingness to ask challenging questions to nurses, if instructed to by a doctor | 3.75 | 3.39 (3.14 to 3.63) (0.80) | 3.00 | 2.71 (1.75 to 3.67) (0.91) | 3.00 | 3.02 (2.70 to 3.35) (0.74) | 2.63 | 2.58 (1.58 to 3.59) (0.96) | 10.06* | Employed–unemployed* (65.500)Employed–retired* (325.00)Employed–student* (67.00) |
*p<0.05.
NA, not applicable.