Table 1. The 10-Item Difficult Doctor-Patient Relationship Questionnaire (DDPRQ-10)

Item^*	Patients Who Rated Difficulty by Item (%)^{^†}
Item^*	Difficult (n = 133)	Not Difficult (n = 772)
1. How much are you looking forward to this patient's next visit (after today)?^{^‡}	92	38
2. How frustrating do you find this patient?	80	9
3. How manipulative is this patient?	46	3
4. To what extent are you frustrated by this patient's vague complaints?	55	4
5. How self-destructive is this patient?	39	6
6. Do you find yourself secretly hoping this patient will not return?	54	2
7. How at ease did you feel with this patient today?^{^‡}	64	18
8. How time-consuming is caring for this patient?	61	10
9. How enthusiastic do you feel about caring for this patient?^{^‡}	90	34
10. How difficult is it to communicate with this patient?	53	6

↵* Each item was scored on a six-point scale: 1 = Not at all, 6 = A great deal.
↵† Based on a DDPR-10 score >30, out of 905 patients. Responses were dichotomized by coding raw scores of 4 through 6 on each item rated as difficult.
↵‡ Item was reversed for scoring (1 = a great deal, 6 = not at all).