PURPOSE Although concordance by race and sex in physician-patient relationships has been associated with patient ratings of better care, mechanisms through which concordance leads to better outcomes remains unknown. This investigation examined (1) whether patients' perceptions of similarity to their physicians predicted their ratings of quality of care and (2) whether perceived similarity was i...

Purpose: Few studies on bedside rounds have focused the principles of patient-centered communication (PCC). This study pursued three objectives. First, we investigated verbal contents from PCC perspective. Next, analyzed inpatient surveys concerning patients’ experience and perspective regarding rounds. Finally, identified which factors affect patient satisfaction levels.Methods: To evaluate do...

OBJECTIVE This secondary, qualitative analysis examined physician-patient interaction and patient-centered care in a random sample of encounters of 44 physicians in 18 family practices. METHODS Fieldworkers were trained in qualitative and quantitative data collection strategies including participatory observation, narrative description, interviewing techniques and note-taking regarding practi...

BACKGROUND Communication with patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is often considered difficult. The primary objective of this explorative study was to describe the communication preferences of FMS patients in comparison with other chronic diseases, and the secondary objective was to identify patient-related predictors of those communication preferences. METHODS A total of 256 FMS patie...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To understand the content and temporal structure of survivor-provider communication during breast cancer survivor follow-up visits. DESIGN Descriptive correlational. SETTING Private outpatient oncology practice. SAMPLE 55 breast cancer survivors; 6 oncology providers. METHODS A secondary analysis of audio recordings of survivor follow-up visits. MAIN RESEARCH VARIAB...

the doctor-patient relationship (dpr) is a complex concept in the medical sociology in which patients voluntarily approach a doctor and thus become a part of a contract in which they tends to abide with the doctor’s guidance. globally, the dpr has changed drastically over the years owing to the commercialization and privatization of the health sector. furthermore, the dynamics of the dpr has sh...

INTRODUCTION Using cross-sectional survey data, we assessed the association between chronic illness burden and health-related self-efficacy, evaluating whether patient-centered communication is associated with self-efficacy and if that relationship varies by chronic illness burden. METHODS Data were from the Health Information National Trends Survey, a cross-sectional survey of the US adult p...