Psychometric Assessment of a Physician-Patient Communication Behaviors Scale: The Perspective of Adult HIV Patients in Kenya

Table 3

Bivariate relationship between PPCB subscales and patient sociodemographic and health characteristics.

	PPCB 13 item scale
Factors	Total scale = (subscale 1 + 2)		Subscale 1		Subscale 2
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃
Sociodemographic
Age	.00	.97	.10	.85	.01	.83
Sex	−.04	.43	−.04	.48	−.04	.46
Marital status	−.07	.19	−.09	.07	−.03	.46
Education level	.11	.03	.11	.03	.11	.04
Area of residence	.04	.40	−.01	.77	.08	.12
Source of income	.06	.24	.05	.29	.05	.34
Health status
Perception of health status	.17	.01	.19	.01	.13	.01
Years in HIV care	−.04	.47	−.03	.54	−.03	.50
Months on cART medication	.04	.47	−.04	.48	−.04	.48
Missed medical appointments	−.11	.01	−.20	.01	−.13	.01
Missed cART medication	−.17	.01	−.15	.01	−.14	.01