Scale Item Means With Item Test Correlation Developed to Measure Authoritarian Provider Attitudes in Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo
| Item | Factor Loadings | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Patients I care for are not capable of making good health decisions for themselves. | 0.4702 | 2.06 (0.92) |
| 2. Patients I care for should appreciate my efforts when I care for them. | 0.5076 | 3.10 (1.29) |
| 4a. One should treat patients with respect even if they don't treat me with respect. | 0.4392 | 1.50 (0.61) |
| 4b. Patients must always respect providers, regardless of the quality of care they receive. | 0.6631 | 3.10 (1.32) |
| 6. My patients will put a lot of effort into improving their health if they are given the right information. | 0.3709 | 1.67 (0.76) |
| 7. A provider's role is to diagnose patients and provide clinical care, not to teach patients how to improve their health and prevent disease. | 0.5497 | 1.75 (0.84) |
| 9a. I have the responsibility to ensure that patients have a say in their care. | 0.7605 | 1.56 (0.61) |
| 9b. It is important to listen to patients to ensure they understand their care. | 0.4487 | 1.44 (0.50) |
| 10b. My role as a provider is to resolve my patients' immediate medical problems, and nothing else. | 0.4661 | 2.06 (0.94) |
| 12. When medications are given, it is important that I explain well to patients how they work and how it will benefit them. | 0.4305 | 1.46 (0.50) |
| 14. My job is to diagnose and treat patients, not to be a health educator for each patient. | 0.7185 | 1.88 (0.92) |
| 16. A man should have the final say on decisions made in his home. | 0.6195 | 2.46 (1.34) |
| 19. A woman must obey her husband in everything. | 0.6149 | 2.46 (1.34) |
| 20. It is important for men to be present in their children's life, even if he isn't with their mother anymore. | 0.4334 | 1.40 (0.50) |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.