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Table 5 Acceptance of therapy switch to anti-IgE in relation to the quality of the established doctor–patient relationship

From: Use of narrative medicine to identify key factors for effective doctor–patient relationships in severe asthma

 

Core Narratives

Contingent Narratives

Moral Narratives

Easy

Difficult

Evolved

Easy

Difficult

Evolved

Easy

Difficult

Evolved

Adult patients

(N = 73)

(N = 7)

(N = 50)

(N = 52

(N = 6)

(N = 22)

(N = 10)

(N = 7)

(N = 8)

 Activities restored

79%

43%

84%

58%

33%

45%

70%

57%

75%

  New therapy acceptance

58%

29%

52%

33%

17%

45%

80%

14%

75%

  New therapy refusal

11%

43%

10%

15%

17%

0%

10%

14%

13%

  No change therapy proposal

32%

29%

38%

52%

67%

55%

10%

71%

13%

Paediatric patients

(N = 31)

(N = 3)

(N = 11)

(N = 7)

(N = 3)

(N = 3)

(N = 5)

(N = 2)

(N = 2)

 Activities restored

97%

33%

100%

71%

33%

100%

100%

50%

100%

  New therapy acceptance

39%

33%

9%

43%

33%

67%

40%

50%

0%

  New therapy refusal

23%

33%

55%

29%

0%

0%

20%

50%

0%

  No change therapy proposal

39%

33%

36%

29%

67%

33%

40%

0%

100%