Patient education and counseling
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To gain insight about Department of Defense providers' and health care beneficiaries' opinions regarding provider-patient communication of health care for post-deployment health concerns. ⋯ The quality of information exchanged and of the interpersonal relationship impact medical decision making, particularly in occupational health settings such as the military. Attention to these issues may improve patient outcomes including satisfaction, adherence, trust, health status, and quality of life.
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Comparative Study
Disentangling physician sex and physician communication style: their effects on patient satisfaction in a virtual medical visit.
The present study aimed to investigate the effect of physician sex and physician communication style on patient satisfaction. In real medical visits, physician sex and physician communication style are confounded variables. By using the virtual medical visit paradigm, we were able to disentangle the two variables and study their separate and/or joint effects on patient satisfaction. ⋯ Physician communication training cannot be one size fits all. Rather female and male physicians should obtain different training and they need to be made aware of the fact that female and male patients harbor different expectations toward them.
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Comparative Study
Older people's preferences for involvement in their own care: a qualitative study in primary health care in 11 European countries.
The aim of the study was to explore the views of people aged over 70 years on involvement in their primary health care in 11 different European countries. ⋯ The desire for involvement in decision making is highly heterogeneous so an individual approach for each patient in the ageing population is needed. Future research and medical education should focus on methods and training to elicit older patients' preferences. The similar views in 11 countries suggest that methods for enhancing patient involvement in older people could be internationally developed and exchanged.
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To determine the clinical utility and acceptability of a brief CBT psycho-educational course delivered in an NHS psychotherapy service. ⋯ Large group psycho-educational interventions for anxiety disorders could be increasingly used as a method of delivering low intensity treatments within a stepped care model of the treatment of anxiety disorders. The intervention is relatively simple to deliver and potentially could be delivered by primary care clinicians.
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Patients increasingly use the Internet for medical information. For doctor-patient communication it is important to gain insight into the use and impact of medical Internet searches of patients. This study aims to evaluate patients' use of the Internet for information about their pain problem. ⋯ Physicians should inquire about patients' use of various sources of information (such as the Internet) and offer to clarify any questions or concerns that arise from that use.