Table 3 Association between physicians’ empathy, patient adherence and patient perception of medical errors
From: Role of empathy in the perception of medical errors in patient encounters: a preliminary study
Follow recommendations | Return to provider | Errors in care | |
|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted OR (95% CI)a | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | ||
CARE scoreb | |||
Low (10–30) | Used as reference | ||
Middle (31–40) | 1.5 (0.5–4.3) | 7.0 (1.3–37.5) | 0.5 (0.1–1.8) |
High (41–50) | 2.2 (0.8–5.8) | 15.3 (2.9–80.7) | 0.2 (0.04–0.6) |