Anxiety due to uncertainty | Concern about bad outcomes | Disclosing uncertainty to patients | Disclosing mistakes to physicians | |
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Explaining % of variance | 19.88 | 20.31 | 18.57 | 12.97 |
1. I usually feel anxious when I am not sure of a diagnosis. | 0.757 | 0.198 | 0.147 | -0.018 |
2. I find the uncertainty involved in patient care disconcerting. | 0.858 | 0.259 | 0.048 | 0.118 |
3. Uncertainty in patient care makes me uneasy. | 0.844 | 0.301 | 0.084 | 0.032 |
4. I am quite comfortable with the uncertainty in patient care. | 0.727 | 0.167 | 0.093 | 0.165 |
5. The uncertainty of patient care often troubles me. | 0.442 | 0.690 | -0.025 | -0.007 |
6. When I am uncertain of a diagnosis, I imagine all sorts of bad scenarios – patient dies, patient sues, etc... | 0.186 | 0.824 | -0.001 | -0.015 |
7. I fear being held accountable for the limits of my knowledge. | 0.211 | 0.853 | -0.102 | 0.070 |
8. I worry about malpractice when I do not know a patient's diagnosis. | 0.279 | 0.851 | 0.026 | 0.112 |
9. When physicians are uncertain of a diagnosis, they should share this information with their patients. | -0.042 | 0.058 | 0.709 | 0.299 |
10. I always share my uncertainty with my patients. | 0.165 | -0.235 | 0.774 | -0.022 |
11. If I shared all of my uncertainties with my patients, they would lose confidence in me. | 0.118 | 0.371 | 0.618 | -0.077 |
12. Sharing my uncertainty improves my relationship with my patients. | 0.059 | -0.114 | 0.829 | 0.196 |
13. I prefer patients not know when I am uncertain of what treatments to use. | 0.088 | -0.008 | 0.728 | -0.002 |
14. I almost never tell other physicians about diagnoses I have missed. | 0.098 | 0.052 | 0.145 | 0.935 |
15. I never tell other physicians about patient care mistakes I have made. | 0.124 | 0.046 | 0.102 | 0.936 |