title: The import of trust in regular providers to trust in cancer physicians among white, African American, and Hispanic breast cancer patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Interpersonal trust is an important component of the patient-doctor relationship. Little is known about patients' trust in the multiple providers seen when confronting serious illness.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To characterize breast cancer patients' trust in their regular providers, diagnosing physicians, and cancer treatment team and examine whether high trust in one's regular provider confers high trust to cancer physicians.
  
  
  METHODS
  In-person interviews.
  
  
  METHODS
  704 white, black, and Hispanic breast cancer patients, age 30 to 79, with a first primary in situ or invasive breast cancer who reported having a regular provider.
  
  
  METHODS
  We measure trust in: (1) regular provider, (2) diagnosing doctors, and (3) cancer treatment team. Other variables include demographic variables, preventive health care, comorbidities, time with regular provider, time since diagnosis, cancer stage, and treatment modality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-five percent of patients reported high trust in their regular provider, 84% indicated high trust in their diagnosing doctors, and 83% reported high trust in their treatment team. Women who reported high trust in their regular provider were significantly more likely to be very trusting of diagnosing doctors (OR: 3.44, 95% CI: 2.27-5.21) and cancer treatment team (OR: 3.09, 95% CI: 2.02-4.72 ). Black women were significantly less likely to be very trusting of their regular doctor (OR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.38-0.88) and cancer treatment team (OR: 0.45, 95% CI: 0.25-0.80). English-speaking Hispanic women were significantly less trusting of their diagnosing doctors (OR: 0.29, 95% CI: 0.11-0.80).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that patients are very trusting of their breast cancer providers. This is an important finding given that research with other populations has shown an association between trust and patient satisfaction and treatment adherence. Our findings also suggest that a trusting relationship with a regular provider facilitates trusting relationships with specialists. Additional work is needed to increase interpersonal trust among black women.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Suite 558, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. kkaiser1@uic.edu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Garth H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Rauscher
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Teri A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Strenski
authors.forename: Carol Estwing
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Ferrans
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Warnecke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D008495:Medical Oncology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care; D035502:Trust / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*
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