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ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2014

Factors associated with perceived patient-provider communication quality among Puerto Ricans.

William A Calo, Ana P Ortiz, Vivian Colon-Lopez, Sarah Krasny, Guillemo Tortolero-Luna

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Article in Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. The Current State of Home Health Care in Puerto Rico.Puerto Rico health sciences journal · 2026
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  4. Psychosocial Factors Are Associated with Electronic Portal Registration.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2020
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5 authors.

William A Calo
Ana P Ortiz
Vivian Colon-Lopez
Sarah Krasny
Guillemo Tortolero-Luna

Funding

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE EDUCATION--CANCER PREVENTION/CONTROLR25CA057712 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MULLEN, PATRICIA DOLAN · 1992 to 2017
$8.6M
NCI NIH HHS 2 R25 CA057712NCI NIH HHS R25 CA057712
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patient-provider communication is an important factor influencing patients' health outcomes. This study examined the relationship between patient-provider communication quality and sociodemographic, health care access, trusted information sources, and health status variables. Data were from a representative sample of 450 Puerto Rican adults who participated in the Health Information National Trends Survey. A composite score rating perceived patient-provider communication quality was created from five items (Cronbach's alpha = 0.87). A multivariate linear regression analysis was conducted. Patient-provider communication ratings were lower among the unemployed (p = 0.049), those who do not trust a lot in the information provided by their providers (p = 0.003), and respondents with higher depressive symptoms scores (p = 0.036). Perceived patient-provider communication quality, however, was higher among respondents who visited their providers five or more times in the last year (p = 0.023). Understanding patient perceptions of provider communication may serve to develop system-level interventions aimed at eliminating communication disparities and improving patients' health outcomes.

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CommunicationPhysician-Patient RelationsAdolescentAdultAgedDepressionFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth StatusHispanic or LatinoHumansInterviews as TopicLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedTrust

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PMID24858864
PMCPMC4154245

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