Emotional differences based on comments on doctor-patient disputes with varying levels of severity

Table 6 Kruskal-Wallis H test

Variable	Comparison of incident levels		SE	P value
Positive	Group differences	14.822		0.002
	2 vs 1	113.738	48.270	0.018
	2 vs 4	-177.112	56.576	0.002
	3 vs 1	83.643	38.222	0.029
	3 vs 4	-147.016	48.289	0.002
Negative	Group differences	35.397		0
	2 vs 1	218.660	50.200	0
	2 vs 4	-281.295	58.838	0
	3 vs 1	140.349	39.750	0
	3 vs 4	-202.985	50.219	0
Anger	Group differences	1.779		0.619
Disgust	Group differences	27.043		0
	2 vs 4	-165.943	56.332	0.003
	2 vs 1	182.248	48.062	0
	3 vs 4	-143.057	48.080	0.003
	3 vs 1	159.362	38.057	0
Fear	Group differences	21.502		0
	2 vs 4	-78.824	25.924	0.002
	2 vs 1	84.332	22.118	0
	3 vs 4	-51.862	22.127	0.019
	3 vs 1	57.370	17.514	0.001
Sadness	Group differences	44.747		0
	2 vs 3	-81.824	31.089	0.008
	2 vs 4	-187.128	33.791	0
	1 vs 3	-55.240	22.829	0.016
	1 vs 4	-160.543	26.391	0
	3 vs 4	-105.304	28.841	0
Surprise	Group differences	5.539		0.136
Good	Group differences	14.396		0.002
	3 vs 1	98.017	37.044	0.008
	3 vs 4	-147.035	46.800	0.002
	2 vs 1	95.630	46.782	0.041
	2 vs 4	-144.648	54.831	0.008
Happy	Group differences	9.647		0.022
	2 vs 3	-57.709	28.480	0.043
	2 vs 4	-94.158	30.956	0.002
	1 vs 4	-49.162	24.176	0.042
Comment score	Group differences	14.206		0.003
	1 vs 3	-81.270	40.833	0.047
	1 vs 4	-104.633	47.204	0.027
	1 vs 2	-177.166	51.567	0.001

1: Level 1 incidents (verbal conflicts); 2: Level 2 incidents (physical conflicts); 3: Level 3 incidents (injuries); 4: Level 4 incidents (fatalities).