Patient factors that affect trust in physicians: a cross-sectional study

BMC Primary Care

Table 1 General Characteristics of the participants

Characteristics	N	Mean	p-value
Total	1000	3.30
Sex
Male	520	3.32	0.12
Female	480	3.27	0.12
Age group (years)
20–29	227	3.31	0.21
30–39	241	3.21
40–49	276	3.32
≥ 50	256	3.34
Region
The Seoul Capital area	522	3.29	0.51
Metropolitan areas	199	3.34
Provinces	279	3.27
Medical insurance
Self-employed insured	358	3.29	0.99
Employee insured	566	3.30
Medical-aid beneficiary	76	3.30
Home ownership
Privately owned	630	3.32	0.25
Lease	204	3.26
Monthly rent	140	3.20
Provided for free	26	3.31
Education level
High school diploma or less	178	3.30	0.96
Some college/ bachelor’s degree	730	3.29
Graduate/ professional degree	92	3.31
Monthly household income
<$1900	132	3.16	0.01
$1900 to ≤ $3800	385	3.27
≥ $3800	483	3.35
Smoking
Never smoker	504	3.32	0.22
Daily smoker	217	3.22
Intermittent smoker	90	3.26
Former smoker	189	3.34
Alcohol drinking frequency
None	155	3.32	0.89
Once or less a week	606	3.29
Two times or more a week	239	3.30
Exercise frequency
None	213	3.21	0.11
Once to twice a week	366	3.33
Three to seven times a week	421	3.31
Degree of stress
Little or none	369	3.43	< 0.001
Moderate	515	3.27
Extreme	116	3.00
Self-rated health status
Very good/ good	490	3.43	< 0.001
Normal	372	3.22
Poor/ very poor	138	3.01
Hospitalization in the past 12 months
Yes	158	3.35	0.29
No	842	3.28
Outpatient visit in the past 2 weeks
Yes	363	3.31	0.49
No	637	3.28
Being unable to use hospitals/ clinics when necessary in the past 12 months
Yes	270	3.24	0.17
No	730	3.31
Attitudes toward the current health system
Positive	396	3.49	< 0.001
Negative	543	3.23
Very negative	61	2.56

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