PMC

Percentage of participants reporting poor communication on the explanations of condition and responsiveness to patient preferences subscales,* stratified by depressive symptom score †. *Subscale score < 4 = Poor Doctor-Patient Communication. † Depressive systems assessed using the 9-item Patient Health Questionaire (PHQ range of scores 0-27). PHQ score 0-3 = none-minimal; PHQ score 4-9 = mild; PHQ score ≥ 10 = moderate-severe.

Distribution of summary scores on the explanations of condition and responsiveness to patient preferences subscales*. *Participants rated doctor-patient communication on a five-point Likert scale ranging from “never” to “always”. A summary score was generated for each subscale by adding up the total scores within the scale and dividing by the number of answered questions. Higher scores indicate better experiences of communication.