PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carolyn Tarrant
AU  - Tim Stokes
AU  - Richard Baker
TI  - Factors associated with patients' trust in their general practitioner: a cross-sectional survey.
DP  - 2003 Oct 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 798--800
VI  - 53
IP  - 495
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/53/495/798.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/53/495/798.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract2003 Oct 01; 53
AB  - This study aimed to identify factors that are associated with patients' overall trust in their general practitioner (GP). A survey of patients in ten general practices in the East Midlands was conducted. Most patients (76%) reported high levels of trust in their GP. Regression analysis showed that measures of the quality of the GP-patient relationship (GP-patient communication, interpersonal care, and knowledge of the patient) were strongly associated with trust in a patient's usual GP, whereas patients' reports of duration of registration with the practice, and proportion of visits to the usual GP were not.