Table 5 Multiple regression analysis of the independent variables that influence the perception gap.

From: Identification of perception gaps between physicians and patients with neurological diseases and the prediction of these gaps using machine learning

 

PSQ-18

SDM-Q-9/SDM-Q-Doc

Barthel Index

Variable

β value

P value

Variable

β value

P value

Variable

β value

P value

All patientsa

Years of experience as a physician

0.605

0.003

Original Questionnaire_patient total score

0.188

0.031

SDM_patient total score

−0.187

0.010

   

Original Questionnaire physician total score

−0.191

0.011

SF-36 subdomain_patient

−0.163

0.032

   

Patient_age

−0.239

0.001

Outpatient consultation hours

0.156

0.048

   

Years of experience as a physician

−0.880

0.005

Presence of caregivers

0.189

0.011

   

Years of holding a neurologist qualification

0.579

0.003

   

Parkinson’s diseaseb

Years of experience as a physician

0.200

0.026

Original Questionnaire_patient total score

0.247

0.003

PDQ-39_summary index

0.392

 < 0.001

Outpatient consultation hours

−0.180

0.044

Years of holding a neurologist qualification

−1.396

0.004

Hoehn and Yahr stage

0.223

0.011

   

Years of experience in the treatment of the target disease

0.435

0.031

   
   

Cumulative number of patients treated

0.707

0.001

   
   

Outpatient consultation hours

–0.578

0.001

   

Multiple sclerosisc

EDSS

0.513

0.004

Epilepsyd

Patient_annual income

−0.441

0.024

N/Ae

  1. aPatient numbers: PSQ-18 (n = 177), SDM-Q-9/SDM-Q-Doc (n = 185), Barthel Index (n = 178).
  2. bPatient numbers: PSQ-18 (n = 121), SDM-Q-9/SDM-Q-Doc (n = 129), Barthel Index (n = 121).
  3. cPatient numbers: PSQ-18 (n = 38), SDM-Q-9/SDM-Q-Doc (n = 38), Barthel Index (n = 38).
  4. dPatient numbers: PSQ-18 (n = 18), SDM-Q-9/SDM-Q-Doc (n = 18), Barthel Index (n = 19).
  5. eFor patients with epilepsy, multiple regression analysis was omitted because all items were not significant based on Spearman’s correlation coefficient.
  6. EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; PDQ-39, Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire-39; PSQ-18, Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire-18; SDM-Q-9, 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire from the patient perspective; SDM-Q-Doc, Shared Decision Making Questionnaire from the physician perspective; SF-36, 36-item Short Form.