Table 2 Median frequency (quartiles) of verbal behaviour
| Â | Guidelines n = 10 | Implicit n = 11 | Explicit n = 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
Doctors | Â | Â | Â |
Information-giving | 31 (27–39) | 40 (37–57) | 42 (31–47) |
Information-seeking | 6 (5–10) | 3 (3–5) | 7 (6–9) |
Social talk | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0–1) |
Positive talk | 5 (3–9) | 6 (2–10) | 8 (6–9) |
Negative talk | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0–1) |
Partnership building | 3 (3–4) | 3 (1–5) | 3 (2–5) |
Registering other | 18 (12–23) | 9 (6–20) | 20 (13–25) |
Pause | 6 (3–7) | 4 (1–6) | 1 (0–4) |
Patients | Â | Â | Â |
Information-giving | 17 (12–21) | 16 (7–21) | 14 (12–21) |
Information-seeking | 3 (1–5) | 3 (2–3) | 5 (2–9) |
Social talk | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–2) |
Positive talk | 12 (11–15) | 7 (5–18) | 12 (10–13) |
Negative talk | 2 (0–3) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (1–2) |
Partnership building | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0–1) |
Registering other | 15 (6–23) | 8 (2–18) | 11 (7–25) |
Pause | 1 (1–4) | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) |