Characteristics of clinicians who routinely ask the patients about their expectations (total N=1004)
| Yes, N (%) | No, N (%) | p Value* | |
| Characteristics | 162 (16.1) | 842 (83.9) | |
| Countries | <0.0001 | ||
| Denmark, N=217 | 68 (31.3) | 149 (68.7) | |
| Israel, N=269 | 18 (6.7) | 251 (93.3) | |
| USA, N=257 | 41 (16.0) | 216 (84.1) | |
| UK, N=261 | 35 (13.4) | 226 (86.6) | |
| Clinician | 0.0002 | ||
| Nurse | 108 (20.1) | 428 (79.9) | |
| Physician | 54 (11.5) | 414 (88.5) | |
| Nurse | <0.0001 | ||
| RN (diploma), N=238 | 70 (29.4) | 168 (70.6) | |
| RN (academic degree), N=298 | 38 (12.7) | 260 (87.3) | |
| Physician | 0.0209 | ||
| Resident, N=180 | 13 (7.2) | 167 (92.8) | |
| Attending, N=288 | 41 (14.2) | 247 (85.7) | |
| Area of specialisation | 0.4302 | ||
| Medicine, N=548 | 93 (17.0) | 455 (83.0) | |
| Surgery, N=456 | 69 (15.3) | 387 (84.9) | |
| Years of hospital experience | <0.0001 | ||
| <1, N=72 | 10 (13.9) | 62 (86.1) | |
| 1–4, N=236 | 20 (8.5) | 216 (91.5) | |
| 5–7, N=234 | 30 (12.8) | 204 (87.2) | |
| 8–10, N=211 | 30 (14.2) | 181 (85.8) | |
| >10, N=251 | 72 (28.7) | 179 (71.3) | |
| Administrative role | 0.1617 | ||
| Yes, N=184 | 36 (20.0) | 148 (80.4) | |
| No, N=820 | 126 (15.4) | 694 (84.6) | |
| Gender | 0.2045 | ||
| Female, N=711 | 108 (15.2) | 603 (84.8) | |
| Male, N=293 | 54 (18.4) | 239 (81.6) |
↵* p Value refers to the difference in distribution of Yes/No responses between the categories of each characteristic.
RN, registered nurse.