Table 3.

Two Multivariate Models of Patients’ Trust in One’s Physician: Including Patients’ Demographic and Clinical Variables, and Adding Patients’ Autonomy Preference and Length of Relationship With Physician*

Independent Variables*Including Demographic and Clinical Variables (95% CI)Including Demographic and Clinical Variables, Plus Autonomy and Length of Relationship With Physician (95% CI)
Note: Coefficients presented from multiple linear regression model that includes demographic and clinical variables and has n = 876 and adjusted R2 = 0.19. Model including demographics, clinical variables, autonomy and physician relationship has n = 826 and adjusted R2 = 0.26.
CI = confidence interval; HRQOL = health-related quality of life.
* Independent variables have reference groups as follows: Group – Japanese living in Japan; female – male; age – per year; marital status – married; education – per year; religiosity – not religious; physical HRQOL score – per point on 100-point scale; mental HRQOL score – per point on 100-point scale; hospitalization in past 6 months – no hospitalization; years with regular doctor – per year; Autonomy Preference Index – per point on 5-point scale.
Group
    English-speaking Japanese Americans13.6 (10.2–17.0)16.6 (13.25–20.04)
    Japanese-speaking Japanese Americans9.44 (6.02–12.9)9.87 (6.52–13.25)
Female−2.88 (−5.40– v0.34)−2.16 (−4.62–0.30)
Age0.19 (0.08–0.31)0.04 (−0.08–0.16)
Marital status
    Divorced/separated−5.02 (−9.38 to −0.66)−4.84 (−9.18 to −0.50)
    Never married2.68 (−2.71–8.07)2.05 (−3.06–7.17)
    Widowed3.22 (0.09-6.35)4.05 (0.98–7.12)
Education−0.40 (−0.84-0.04)−0.28 (−0.72-0.15)
Religiosity
    Religious, not a church member4.94 (2.09–7.79)4.51 (1.73–7.29)
    Religious, church member7.41 (4.82–9.99)7.45 (4.93–9.97)
Physical summary score0.16 (0.02–0.30)0.19 (0.06–0.32)
Mental summary score0.19 (0.05–0.34)0.16 (0.02–0.31)
Hospitalization in past 6 months4.86 (0.94–8.78)3.85 (−0.04–7.73)
Years with regular doctor2.94 (2.07–3.80)
Autonomy preference index−3.00 (−4.12 to -1.88)