Mutual Role Expectations by Patients and General Practitioners—A Mixed Methods Study on Complementarity
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11240%2F22%3A10457584" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11240/22:10457584 - isvavai.cz</a>
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102101" target="_blank" >10.3390/healthcare10102101</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Mutual Role Expectations by Patients and General Practitioners—A Mixed Methods Study on Complementarity
Original language description
Background: Changes in public attitudes toward "authorities" in general, as well as shifts in medical practice toward participative models of diagnosis and treatment, imply fundamental transformations in the patient-doctor relationship. However, consistency in reciprocal role expectations cannot be assumed, and this study reveals significant discrepancies in attitudes and behaviors in primary health consultations. Methods: We conducted a study in the tri-lingual northeastern Italian region of South Tyrol to determine whether perceptions of the patient's role were congruent or differed. In a mixed method approach, the quantitative research part consisted of a survey with 34 identical questions for general practitioners (n = 109) and adult primary care patients (n = 506) on verbal communication, self-initiative and health literacy, interpersonal and social qualities of the patient-physician relationship, and formal aspects of the consultation. Patients were interviewed via telephone, and general practitioners responded online. In the qualitative part, 26 semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with the patients and analyzed. Results: General practitioners considered patients' communicative efforts (p < 0.001), self-initiative (p < 0.001), compliance (p = 0.0026), and openness regarding psychosocial issues (p < 0.001) to be significantly more important, whereas patients showed a tendency to give increased importance to formal aspects such as politeness and hygiene (p < 0.001). Perception of the patient's role differed significantly between the Italian and German linguistic groups. Conclusions: Patients and general practitioners differ in their understanding of patients' roles. These data suggest that a considerable proportion of the population lacks a clear and tangible idea of the active role they could play in consultations. Targeted information on the identified aspects of patient-provider communication may facilitate participatory behavior and positively impact the longitudinal quality of the patient-general practitioner relationship.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Healthcare [online]
ISSN
2227-9032
e-ISSN
2227-9032
Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
2101
UT code for WoS article
000875873100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85140878832