Ramos-Vera C, Saintila J, Calizaya-Milla YE, Acosta Enríquez ME, Serpa Barrientos A. Relationship Between Satisfaction With Medical Care, Physical Health, and Emotional Well-Being in Adult Men: Mediating Role of Communication.
J Prim Care Community Health 2022;
13:21501319221114850. [PMID:
35880499 PMCID:
PMC9340312 DOI:
10.1177/21501319221114850]
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Abstract
Background:
Non-communicable diseases and psychiatric pathologies are the health problems
that most affect the population in the United States.
Objective:
This study aimed to examine the mediating role of patient-centered
communication (PCC) in the relationship between satisfaction with medical
care, physical health, and emotional well-being in American men.
Methods:
A cross-sectional - predictive study was carried out. The variables analyzed
were satisfaction with medical care, physical health, and emotional
well-being. Information from the Health Information National Trends Survey
Data (HINTS) was used; HINTS 5, cycle 3 (collected between January and June
2019) and 4 (2020). Data from 3338 men were considered (mean age:
M = 55.40, SD = 19.53). Data analyses were carried out
using structural equation modeling (SEM) to represent the statistical
mediation model with latent and observable variables.
Results:
Analyses showed that the variables were significantly related
(P < .01). In the mediation model, there is evidence
that satisfaction predicts communication (β = .764,
P < .001) and this, in turn, is related to physical
health (β = .079, P = .007) and emotional well-being
(β = .145, P < .001). In addition, the standardized
estimates of the structural multiple mediation model presented acceptable
goodness-of-fit indices: χ2/gl = 2.24, CFI = 0.999, TLI = 0.999,
RMSEA = 0.019 [90% CI: 0.013-0.022], SRMR = 0.018.
Conclusion:
Patient-centered communication plays a significant dual mediating role in the
relationship between satisfaction with medical care, physical health, and
emotional well-being, respectively. Therefore, PCC is essential in
healthcare for American men.
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