Patient Attitudes towards Physician Nonverbal Behaviors during Consultancy: Result from a Developing Country

Table 2

Gender specific need of expressive touch and eye contact from the physician during consultancy.

	Gender			𝑃 value*
	Male 𝑛 (%)	Female 𝑛 (%)	Total 𝑛 (%)
Do you want physical; touching by the doctor?
Yes 𝑛 (%)	62 (88.5)	37 (74)	99 (82.5)	0.03
No 𝑛 (%)	8 (11.5)	13 (26)	21 (17.5)
Total 𝑛 (%)	70 (100)	50 (100)	120 (100)
Do you feel comfortable with; his/her eye contact?
Yes 𝑛 (%)	87 (95.6)	28 (96.5)	115 (95.8)	0.08
No 𝑛 (%)	4 (4.3)	1 (3.4)	5 (4.1)
Total 𝑛 (%)	91 (100)	29 (100)	120 (100)

∗Chi-square test.