# Half say being authentic makes a patient seem intelligent to doctors

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## Reading

Half of Americans (50%) say a patient who is fully authentic with their doctor comes across as intelligent, including 17% who strongly agree, according to a January 2024 Verasight survey.

Another 40% neither agree nor disagree, and just 9% disagree, only 2% of them strongly.

## Topline

A patient who comes as they are, without trying to be anything other than themselves with their doctor, and is always real with their doctor, sharing their health concerns exactly as they experience them, is likely to be perceived by the doctor as intelligent.

Half say being authentic makes a patient seem intelligent to doctors.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neither Agree nor Disagree: 40.2%
- Somewhat Agree: 32.9%
- Strongly Agree: 17.5%
- Somewhat Disagree: 7.4%
- Strongly Disagree: 2.1%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2024-01-18 → 2024-01-24
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006, fielded January 18-24, 2024, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://www.verasight.io/post/verasights-supports-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers](https://www.verasight.io/post/verasights-supports-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers)