From: General practice and ethnicity: an experimental study of doctoring
Medical activities: Relation & Decisions | Ethnic minority patient | Non ethnic minority patient | ||||||
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N | Mean/% | SD (σ) | N | Mean/% | SD (σ) | t/χ² | p-value | |
Relation | ||||||||
1. Medical history examination (time in minutes) | 85 | 4,05 | 3,53 | 84 | 4,43 | 2,35 | -1,06 | 0,29 |
2. Socio-relational history examination (time in minutes) | 87 | 2,11 | 1,43 | 84 | 3,36 | 2,48 | 4,05 | 0,001 |
Decisions | ||||||||
3. Cardiovascular risk assessment (score from 0 “no risk” to 10 “max risk”) | 85 | 6,32 | 1,70 | 82 | 6,34 | 1,56 | 0,05 | 0,96 |
4. ECG recommendation (score from 0 “no utility” to 10 “max utility”) | 85 | 5,42 | 3,04 | 83 | 5,13 | 2,91 | -0,06 | 0,53 |
5. Drug prescription (Yes/No) | 85 | 70% | – | 83 | 53% | – | 5,51 | 0,01 |