Research Article
Patient Attitudes towards Physician Nonverbal Behaviors during Consultancy: Result from a Developing Country
Table 3
Perception of patients regarding touch body parts (
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| | | You would take a touch from a doctor during consultation as a gesture of? | | Empathy (%) | Healing (%) | Respect (%) | Comfort (%) | Mutual understanding (%) |
| | Which part of the body you would be comfortable with? | | | | | | | Hand | 3 (2.5) | 8 (6.6) | 3 (2.5) | 8 (6.6) | 4 (3.3) | | Head | 2 (1.6) | 4 (3.3) | 4 (3.3) | 5 (4.1) | 2 (1.6) | | Shoulder | 17 (14.1) | 26 (21.6) | 29 (24.1) | 43 (35.8) | 23 (19.1) | | Upper back | 10 (8.3) | 10 (8.3) | 14 (11.6) | 18 (15) | 15 (12.5) |
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-value: 0.001 (chi-square test).
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