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Table 4 Patients’ perceived importance of the CARE Measure items to their consultation

From: Assessing the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure in sexual health nurses’ consultations

  Little or No Importance (%) Moderate Importance (%) Very Important (%) p- value
All Consultations 31 (3.3) 194 (20.6) 676 (71.7)  
Age group 0.020
  ≤ 29 21 (3.7) 136 (24.1) 408 (72.2)  
 30–44 8 (3.3) 38 (15.8) 194 (80.8)  
  > 45 0 (0.0) 12 (16.0) 63 (84.0)  
Gender ns
 Male 6 (2.2) 62 (22.3) 210 (75.5)  
 Female 24 (3.9) 129 (21.1) 458 (75.0)  
Overall Health Status ns
 Very good/good 27 (3.5) 171 (22.1) 576 (74.4)  
 Fair 3 (3.6) 11 (13.3) 69 (83.1)  
 Bad/very bad 0 (0.0) 8 (26.7) 22 (73.3)  
Living arrangements ns
 With Partner/Spouse 8 (2.7) 63 (21.4) 224 (75.9)  
 Not with Partner/Spouse 20 (3.5) 123 (21.7) 423 (74.7)  
Language Spoken at Home ns
 English 29 (3.4) 183 (21.4%) 642 (75.2%)  
 Other 1 (2.9%) 8 (22.9%) 26 (74.3%)  
Employment Status ns
 Employed 19 (3.3) 117 (20.1) 445 (76.6)  
 Not employed 8 (2.8) 71 (25.3) 202 (71.9)  
Help with Questionnaire
 Yes 0 3 (30.0%) 7 (70.0%) ns
 No 28 (3.3%) 186 (21.7%) 645 (75.1%)