Table 6

Reasons for doctor's dissatisfaction with doctor-patient relationship


Internal Medicine
Gynaecology

Categories (%)
GW
(n = 43)
TW
(n = 25)
GM
(n = 47)
TM
(n = 32)
GW
(n = 10)
TW
(n = 13)

Patient unwillingness to cooperate/communicate
62.4
4.0
40.4
18.8
50.0
0
Patient alcohol abuse
7.0
0
27.7
6.3
0
0
Difficult patient
11.6
24.0
10.6
3.1
10.0
15.4
Communication problems
2.3
40.0
0
34.4
0
38.5
Inappropriate utilisation of emergency services
2.3
16.0
10.0
12.5
30.0
23.1
Too little time
4.7
0
0
3.1
0
0
Adequate treatment not possible
0
4.0
4.3
6.3
10.0
7.7
Psychosocial problems
0
0
2.1
0
0
0
Other reasons
9.3
12.0
4.3
15.6
0
15.4

GW = German women, GM = German men, TW = Turkish women, TM = Turkish men; Kruskal-Wallis test, Internal Medicine: p ≤ 0.01; Gynaecology: n.s.

Babitsch et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:82   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-82