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Crowe A, Koch MK, Bluck S, Amin T, Thomas L, Fitchett G, Wilkie DJ, Bylund CL. Factors and topics associated with empathic self-disclosure in dignity therapy of cancer patients. PEC INNOVATION 2024; 4:100289. [PMID: 38799259 PMCID: PMC11126944 DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Objective During Dignity Therapy a trained provider guides a patient to share their life story and legacy. Providers can demonstrate empathy through empathic self-disclosure (ESD), sharing something substantial and personal about themselves in response to the patient. The current study aims to identify the topics of ESDs and determine whether ESD frequency varied by patient and/or provider characteristics. Methods Two coders analyzed 203 audio-recorded, transcribed Dignity Therapy sessions of palliative care patients (M = 65.78 years; SD = 7.43 years, 65.69% women) for ESD. Topic modeling characterized themes of ESD and multilevel modeling examined ESD frequency based on several patient and provider characteristics. Results ESD occurred in 37% of interviews (M = 0.59, SD = 1.21). Topic modeling revealed five main themes: family, memory, school, geographical experiences, and values/beliefs. Multilevel modeling indicated patient-level differences, including greater rates of ESD when patients were men and older. Conclusion ESD seems to be dependent on the context of the patient rather than individual communication style differences. Providers may use ESD in multiple instances, including when similar and different from patients. Innovation This study introduces and defines the novel concept of ESD. It is among the first to examine patient-provider communication during Dignity Therapy, and the first to specifically examine self-disclosure.
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- Alyssa Crowe
- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Religion, Health & Human Value, College of Health Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, United States of America
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- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, United States of America
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McDarby M, Mroz EL, Kastrinos A, Bates-Pappas G, Banerjee S, Parker PA. An Initial Examination of ChatGPT Responses to Questions About Decision Making in Advanced Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage 2024; 68:e86-e89. [PMID: 38657742 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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- Meghan McDarby
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (M.M., A.K., G.B.P., S.B., P.A.P.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
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- Section of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine(E.L.M.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (M.M., A.K., G.B.P., S.B., P.A.P.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (M.M., A.K., G.B.P., S.B., P.A.P.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (M.M., A.K., G.B.P., S.B., P.A.P.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (M.M., A.K., G.B.P., S.B., P.A.P.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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Gilbert A, Carnell S, Lok B, Miles A. Using Virtual Patients to Support Empathy Training in Health Care Education: An Exploratory Study. Simul Healthc 2024; 19:151-157. [PMID: 37639216 DOI: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Empathy is essential for effective patient care. Yet, research shows suboptimal empathy in patient-practitioner interactions. Intelligent virtual patient simulations may offer an effective educational tool for empathy training. This observational study explored the quality of speech pathology of students' empathy responses in virtual patient simulations. METHODS Using the 7-point Empathic Communication Coding System (ECCS), we examined 72 students' empathic communication during a 12-week virtual patient interview series as part of their standard curriculum across 4 cohorts (a total of 388 empathic responses). The ECCS data were tallied and graphically displayed. We compared year groups (cohorts from 2015 to 2018), changes over semester, and differences between virtual patients. RESULTS Median ECCS scores were 4 of a maximum of 6 (interquartile range, 3) across all interviews. Most students (89%) scored between a level 2 (implicit recognition) and level 5 (confirmation) with only a few responses scoring at the lowest 2 levels of empathy (0: denial, 0.5%; 1: automatic recognition, 2%) or the highest level of empathy (6: shared feeling or experience, 9%). Students consistently acknowledged patients' feelings and often offered an action, solution, or reassurance. However, shared feelings or experiences were infrequent. CONCLUSIONS Although virtual patient simulations do not replace experiential learning such as simulation, standardized patients, and clinical practicum, they offer a safe environment to practice skills. This article provides support for designing larger controlled clinical trials and provides insights for educators on how to design virtual patient empathic opportunities of varying complexity for students.
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- Alan Gilbert
- From the University of Auckland (A.G., A.M.), Auckland, New Zealand; University of Florida (S.C., B.L.), Gainesville, FL; and University of Central Florida (S.C.), Orlando, FL
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Ennis RD, Corn BW, Krug S, Vapiwala N, Hoffe SE. Decision Making in Health Care: Embracing the Real People Comprising the Patient-Doctor Relationship. JCO Oncol Pract 2024; 20:614-616. [PMID: 38295338 DOI: 10.1200/op.23.00430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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- Ronald D Ennis
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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- CANCER101, Health Collaboratory, New York, NY
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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Makoul G, Noble L, Gulbrandsen P, van Dulmen S. Reinforcing the humanity in healthcare: The Glasgow Consensus Statement on effective communication in clinical encounters. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2024; 122:108158. [PMID: 38330705 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Contemporary healthcare is characterized by multidisciplinary teamwork across a vast array of primary, secondary and tertiary services, augmented by progressively more technology and data. While these developments aim to improve care, they have also created obstacles and new challenges for both patients and health professionals. Indeed, the increasingly fragmented and transactional nature of clinical encounters can dehumanize the care experience across disciplines and specialties. Effective communication plays a pivotal role in reinforcing the humanity of healthcare through the delivery of person-centered care - compassionate, collaborative care that focuses on the needs of each patient as a whole person. After convening at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (Glasgow, 2022), an interdisciplinary group of researchers, educators and health professionals worked together to develop a framework for effective communication that both acknowledges critical challenges in contemporary health services and reinforces the humanity of healthcare. The Glasgow Consensus Statement is intended to function as a useful international touchstone for the training and practice of health professionals, fully recognizing and respecting that different countries are at different stages when it comes to teaching, assessment and policy. It also provides a vocabulary for monitoring the impact of system-level challenges. While effective communication may not change the structure of healthcare, it can improve the process if health professionals are supported in infusing the system with their own innate humanity and applying the framework offered within this consensus statement to reinforce the humanity in everyday practice.
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- Gregory Makoul
- Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA; Human Understanding Institute, NRC Health, Lincoln, USA.
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- UCL Medical School, University College London, London, UK; EACH: International Association for Communication in Healthcare, Salisbury, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Akershus University Hospital, Nordbyhagen, Norway
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- NIVEL - Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, Netherlands; Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden
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Yao H, Gomes de Siqueira A, Rogers ML, Bloch-Elkouby S, Lawrence O, Sarli G, Foster A, Mitelman SA, Galynker I, Lok B. The impact of scaffolded and non-scaffolded suicidal virtual human interaction training on clinician emotional self-awareness, empathic communication, and clinical efficacy. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2024; 24:413. [PMID: 38622653 PMCID: PMC11017492 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND Clinicians working with patients at risk of suicide often experience high stress, which can result in negative emotional responses (NERs). Such negative emotional responses may lead to less empathic communication (EC) and unintentional rejection of the patient, potentially damaging the therapeutic alliance and adversely impacting suicidal outcomes. Therefore, clinicians need training to effectively manage negative emotions toward suicidal patients to improve suicidal outcomes. METHODS This study investigated the impact of virtual human interaction (VHI) training on clinicians' self-awareness of their negative emotional responses, assessed by the Therapist Response Questionnaire Suicide Form, clinicians' verbal empathic communication assessed by the Empathic Communication and Coding System, and clinical efficacy (CE). Clinical efficacy was assessed by the likelihood of subsequent appointments, perceived helpfulness, and overall interaction satisfaction as rated by individuals with lived experience of suicide attempts. Two conditions of virtual human interactions were used: one with instructions on verbal empathic communication and reminders to report negative emotional responses during the interaction (scaffolded); and the other with no such instructions or reminders (non-scaffolded). Both conditions provided pre-interaction instructions and post-interaction feedback aimed at improving clinicians' empathic communication and management of negative emotions. Sixty-two clinicians participated in three virtual human interaction sessions under one of the two conditions. Linear mixed models were utilized to evaluate the impact on clinicians' negative emotional responses, verbal empathic communication, and clinical efficacy; and to determine changes in these outcomes over time, as moderated by the training conditions. RESULTS Clinician participants' negative emotional responses decreased after two training sessions with virtual human interactions in both conditions. Participants in the scaffolded condition exhibited enhanced empathic communication after one training session, while two sessions were required for participants in the non-scaffolded condition. Surprisingly, after two training sessions, clinical efficacy was improved in the non-scaffolded group, while no similar improvements were observed in the scaffolded group. CONCLUSION Lower clinical efficacy after virtual human interaction training in clinicians with higher verbal empathic communication suggests that nonverbal expressions of empathy are critical when interacting with suicidal patients. Future work should explore virtual human interaction training in both nonverbal and verbal empathic communication.
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- Heng Yao
- Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA.
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- Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos, 78666, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, 10033, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
- Department of Mental Health and Addiction, ASST Brianza, Vimercate, Italy
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- Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) Florida, Woodmont Hospital, Tamarac, 33321, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA.
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McDarby M, Russell D, King L, Kozlov E, Luth EA. Knowledge Gaps in End-Of-Life Family Caregiving for Persons Living With Dementia: A Study of Hospice Clinician Perspectives. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2024; 41:270-280. [PMID: 37173809 PMCID: PMC10640658 DOI: 10.1177/10499091231176298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION More than 35% of hospice care recipients 65 and older have a dementia diagnosis. Yet family care partners of persons living with dementia report feeling unprepared to address their hospice recipient's changing needs nearing end of life. Hospice clinicians may have unique insight into the knowledge needs of family care partners and strategies for end-of-life dementia caregiving. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 hospice physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and social workers. Interview transcripts were deductively analyzed using thematic analysis to examine clinicians' perspectives on gaps and strategies related to family care partner knowledge about end-of-life dementia caregiving. RESULTS We identified 3 themes related to gaps in family care partners' knowledge: dementia is a progressive, fatal disease; end-of-life symptoms and symptom management in persons living with advanced dementia; and understanding hospice goals and guidelines. Three themes related to clinicians' strategies to increase knowledge included: providing education; teaching strategies to facilitate coping and preparedness for end-of-life care; and communicating with empathy. DISCUSSION Clinicians perceive gaps in knowledge specific to dementia and end of life among family care partners. These gaps include a lack of understanding of Alzheimer's symptom progression and strategies to manage common symptoms. Recommendations for approaches to reduce knowledge gaps include providing education and strategies delivered with empathy toward the family care partner experience. CONCLUSION Clinicians who work with persons living with dementia receiving hospice care have valuable insights regarding family care partners' gaps in knowledge. Implications on the training and preparation of hospice clinicians working with this care partner population are discussed.
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- Meghan McDarby
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Sociology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA
- VNS Health, Center for Home Care Policy & Research, New York, NY, USA
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- VNS Health, Center for Home Care Policy & Research, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research and Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Sarli G, Rogers ML, Bloch-Elkouby S, Lawrence OC, Gomes de Siqueira A, Yao H, Lok B, Foster A, Galynker I. Using Virtual Patients to Assess and Improve Clinicians' Emotional Self-awareness: a Randomized Controlled Study. ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY : THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY 2024; 48:18-28. [PMID: 38057550 DOI: 10.1007/s40596-023-01909-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Working with suicidal patients can elicit negative emotional responses that can impede clinicians' empathy and affect clinical outcomes. Virtual human interactions represent a promising tool to train clinicians. The present study investigated the impact of virtual human interaction training to enhance clinicians' emotional self-awareness and empathy when working with suicidal patients. METHODS Clinicians were randomly assigned into two groups. Both groups interviewed a virtual patient presenting with a suicidal crisis; clinicians in the intervention condition (n = 31) received immediate feedback about negative emotional responses and empathic communication, whereas those in the control condition (n = 33) did not receive any feedback. All clinicians interviewed a second virtual patient 1 week later. Clinicians' emotional response to the two virtual patients and their empathic communication with each of them were assessed immediately after each interaction. Linear mixed models were used to assess change in clinicians' emotional response and verbal empathy between the two interactions across conditions. RESULTS Clinicians' emotional responses toward the suicidal virtual patients were unchanged in both conditions. Clinicians in the intervention condition presenting low empathy level with the first virtual patient showed higher empathy level with the second virtual patient than with the first (B = 1.15, SE = 0.25, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.42, 1.89]). CONCLUSIONS This work demonstrates the feasibility of using virtual human interactions to improve empathic communication skills in clinicians with poor empathy skills. Further refinement of this methodology is needed to create effective training modules for a broader array of clinicians.
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- Giuseppe Sarli
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Hospital Corporation of America Florida Woodmont Hospital, Tamarac, FL, USA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Krecko LK, Stalter LN, Quamme SRP, Steege LM, Zelenski AB, Greenberg CC, Jung S. Discussion-based interprofessional education: A positive step toward promoting shared understanding between surgical residents and nurses. J Interprof Care 2023; 37:974-989. [PMID: 37161400 PMCID: PMC10636242 DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2023.2206434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Interprofessional education during medical training may improve communication by promoting collaboration and the development of shared mental models between professions. We implemented a novel discussion-based intervention for surgical residents and nurses to promote mutual understanding of workflows and communication practices. General surgery residents and inpatient nurses from our institution were recruited to participate. Surveys and paging data were collected prior to and following the intervention. Surveys contained original questions and validated subscales. Interventions involved facilitated discussions about workflows, perceptions of urgency, and technology preferences. Discussions were recorded and transcribed for qualitative content analysis. Pre and post-intervention survey responses were compared with descriptive sample statistics. Group characteristics were compared using Fisher's exact tests. Eleven intervention groups were conducted (2-6 participants per group) (n = 38). Discussions achieved three aims: Information-Sharing (learning about each other's workflows and preferences), 2) Interpersonal Relationship-Building (establishing rapport and fostering empathy) and 3) Interventional Brainstorming (discussing strategies to mitigate communication challenges). Post-intervention surveys revealed improved nurse-reported grasp of resident schedules and tailoring of communication methods based on workflow understanding; however, communication best practices remain limited by organizational and technological constraints. Systems-level changes must be prioritized to allow intentions toward collegial communication to thrive.
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- Laura K Krecko
- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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Torres TK, Hamann HA, Shen M, Stone J. Empathic Communication and Implicit Bias in the Context of Cancer Among a Medical Student Sample. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2023:1-12. [PMID: 37906434 PMCID: PMC11058116 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2272359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Oncology clinicians often miss opportunities to communicate empathy to patients. The current study examined the relationship between implicit bias (based on cancer type and ethnicity) and medical students' empathic communication in encounters with standardized patients who presented as Hispanic (lung or colorectal) individuals diagnosed with cancer. Participants (101 medical students) completed the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to measure implicit bias based on cancer type (lung v. colorectal) and ethnicity (Hispanic v. non-Hispanic White). Empathic opportunities and responses (assessed by the Empathic Communication Coding System; ECCS) were evaluated in a mock consultation (Objective Structured Clinical Examination; OSCE) focused on smoking cessation in the context of cancer. Among the 241 empathic opportunities identified across the 101 encounters (M = 2.4), 158 (65.6%) received high empathy responses from the medical students. High empathy responses were most frequently used during challenge (73.2%) and emotion (77.3%) opportunities compared to progress (45.9%) opportunities. Higher levels of implicit bias against Hispanics predicted lower odds of an empathic response from the medical student (OR = 3.24, p = .04, 95% CI = 0.09-0.95). Further work is needed to understand the relationship between implicit bias and empathic communication and inform the development of interventions.
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- Tara K. Torres
- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Hillen MA, Smets EMA, M Stouthard J, de Vos FYF, Lehmann V. Cancer patients' trust as a motivator to seek a second opinion and its effects on trust. Psychol Health 2023; 38:1109-1127. [PMID: 34894900 DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2021.2011282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cancer patients may seek a second opinion (SO) driven by reduced trust in their own providers. Their trust may be diminished or reinforced through the SO. This study aimed to assess (1) what proportion of patients seek SOs motivated by lacking trust and how trust changes over time; (2) whether patients' trust differs by the outcome of the SO (i.e. similar/different opinion); and (3) how communication during the SO affects trust. DESIGN A longitudinal mixed methods study including self-report assessments before (T0), immediately following (T1), and two months after the SO (T2). SO consultations (N = 62) were audio recorded, and patient-oncologist communication about the referring oncologist was coded. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patient-reported motives and their trust in referring oncologists. RESULTS Reduced trust motivated 21% of patients to seek a SO. Most patients criticised their referring oncologist. Consulting oncologists generally defended their colleagues, but such affirmation was unrelated to patients' subsequent trust. Over time, trust did not change substantially. Yet, it was restored in patients motivated by impaired trust, and remained low for patients receiving a different medical outcome. CONCLUSION Patients need support to more constructively discuss their treatment relationship. Oncologists need support in providing independent SOs without harming trust relations.
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- Marij A Hillen
- Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mroz EL, McDarby M, Kutner JS, Arnold RM, Bylund CL, Pollak KI. Empathic communication between clinicians, patients, and care partners in palliative care encounters. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2023; 114:107811. [PMID: 37244131 PMCID: PMC10526983 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Palliative care encounters often involve empathic opportunities conveyed by patients and their care partners. In this secondary analysis, we examined empathic opportunities and clinician responses with attention to how presence of multiple care partners and clinicians shapes empathic communication. METHODS We used the Empathic Communication Coding System (ECCS) to characterize emotion-focused, challenge-focused, and progress-focused empathic opportunities and responses in 71 audio-recorded palliative care encounters in the US. RESULTS Patients expressed more emotion-focused empathic opportunities than did care partners; care partners expressed more challenge-focused empathic opportunities than did patients. Care partners initiated empathic opportunities more frequently when more care partners were present, though they expressed fewer as the number of clinicians increased. When more care partners and more clinicians were present, clinicians had fewer low-empathy responses. CONCLUSION The number of care partners and clinicians present affect empathic communication. Clinicians should be prepared for empathic communication focal points to shift depending on the number of care partners and clinicians present. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Findings can guide development of resources to prepare clinicians to meet emotional needs in palliative care discussions. Interventions can coach clinicians to respond empathically and pragmatically to patients and care partners, particularly when multiple care partners are in attendance.
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- Emily L Mroz
- Section of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, United States
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida College of Medicine, United States
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- Cancer Prevention and Control, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, United States; Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, United States
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Pierson SR, Ngoue M, Lam R, Rajagopalan D, Ring D, Ramtin S. When Musculoskeletal Clinicians Respond to Empathetic Opportunities, do Patients Perceive Greater Empathy? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2023; 481:1771-1780. [PMID: 36853843 PMCID: PMC10427050 DOI: 10.1097/corr.0000000000002614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patient use of verbal and nonverbal communication to signal what is most important to them can be considered empathetic opportunities. Orthopaedic surgeons may have mixed feelings toward empathetic opportunities, on one hand wanting the patient to know that they care, and on the other hand fearing offense, prolonged visit duration, or discussions for which they feel ill prepared. Evidence that action about empathetic opportunities does not harm the patient's experience or appreciably prolong the visit could increase the use of these communication tactics with potential for improved experience and outcomes of care. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES Using transcripts from musculoskeletal specialty care visits in prior studies, we asked: (1) Are there factors, including clinician attentiveness to empathetic opportunities, associated with patient perception of clinician empathy? (2) Are there factors associated with the number of patient-initiated empathetic opportunities? (3) Are there factors associated with clinician acknowledgment of empathetic opportunities? (4) Are there factors associated with the frequency with which clinicians elicited empathetic opportunities? METHODS This study was a retrospective, secondary analysis of transcripts from prior studies of audio and video recordings of patient visits with musculoskeletal specialists. Three trained observers identified empathetic opportunities in 80% (209 of 261) of transcripts of adult patient musculoskeletal specialty care visits, with any uncertainties or disagreements resolved by discussion and a final decision by the senior author. Patient statements considered consistent with empathetic opportunities included relation of emotion, expression of worries or concerns, description of loss of valued activities or loss of important roles or identities, relation of a troubling psychologic or social event, and elaboration on daily life. Clinician-initiated empathetic opportunities were considered clinician inquiries about these factors. Clinician acknowledgment of empathetic opportunities included encouragement, affirmation or reassurance, or supportive statements. Participants completed post-visit surveys of perceived clinician empathy, symptoms of depression, and health anxiety. Factors associated with perceived clinician empathy, number of empathetic opportunities, clinician responses to these opportunities, and the frequency with which clinicians elicited empathetic opportunities were sought in bivariate and multivariable analyses. RESULTS After controlling for potentially confounding variables such as working status and pain self-efficacy scores in the multivariable analysis, no factors were associated with patient perception of clinician empathy, including attentiveness to empathetic opportunities. Patient-initiated empathetic opportunities were modestly associated with longer visit duration (correlation coefficient 0.037 [95% confidence interval 0.023 to 0.050]; p < 0.001). Clinician acknowledgment of empathetic opportunities was modestly associated with longer visit duration (correlation coefficient 0.06 [95% CI 0.03 to 0.09]; p < 0.001). Clinician-initiated empathetic opportunities were modestly associated with younger patient age (correlation coefficient -0.025 [95% CI -0.037 to -0.014]; p < 0.001) and strongly associated with one specific interviewing clinician as well as other clinicians (correlation coefficient -1.3 [95% CI -2.2 to -0.42]; p = 0.004 and -0.53 [95% CI -0.95 to -0.12]; p = 0.01). CONCLUSION Musculoskeletal specialists can respond to empathic opportunities without harming efficiency, throughput, or patient experience. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Given the evidence that patients prioritize feeling heard and understood, and evidence that a trusting patient-clinician relationship is protective and healthful, the results of this study can motivate specialists to train and practice effective communication tactics.
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- S. Ryan Pierson
- The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA
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- The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA
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- The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA
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- The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA
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- The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA
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- The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA
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De Vleminck A, Craenen L, Stevens J, Lemaigre V, Pype P, Deliens L, Pardon K. Emotional cues and concerns of patients with a life limiting, chronic illness during advance care planning conversations in general practice. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2023; 107:107563. [PMID: 36428170 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore a) to what extent patients with serious illness express emotional cues and concerns during advance care planning (ACP) conversations with their general practitioner (GP), b) the content of cues/concerns and c) GPs' responses to cues/concerns. METHODS Cues/concerns and GPs' responses in 20 conversations were coded using the Verona Codes (VR-CoDES and Verona Codes-P). A qualitative thematic analysis was used to identify overarching themes within the content of the cues/concerns. RESULTS A total of 216 cues/concerns were identified (range: 1-28; mean: 13) in 85% of conversations; with 85% of these being cues/implicit expressions of emotions. In 72% of responses, the GP provided space for the patient to elaborate on cues/concerns. The most common theme cues/concerns were expressed about was "the consequences of illness on quality of life and burdening others". CONCLUSION Emotions were mainly communicated implicitly as cues and the content varied greatly. The amount of cues/concerns expressed show that ACP can evoke many emotions. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS GPs should be attentive to implicit expressions of emotions as these provide opportunities to engage patients in tailored ACP conversations. As patients expressed many cues/concerns, GPs are recommended to have recurrent conversations with patients and actively ask about diverse ACP topics.
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- Aline De Vleminck
- End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.
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- End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
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- End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
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- End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Belgium
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- End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Belgium
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- End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
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Adibi P, Kalani S, Zahabi SJ, Asadi H, Bakhtiar M, Heidarpour MR, Roohafza H, Shahoon H, Amouzadeh M. Emotion recognition support system: Where physicians and psychiatrists meet linguists and data engineers. World J Psychiatry 2023; 13:1-14. [PMID: 36687372 PMCID: PMC9850871 DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v13.i1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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An important factor in the course of daily medical diagnosis and treatment is understanding patients’ emotional states by the caregiver physicians. However, patients usually avoid speaking out their emotions when expressing their somatic symptoms and complaints to their non-psychiatrist doctor. On the other hand, clinicians usually lack the required expertise (or time) and have a deficit in mining various verbal and non-verbal emotional signals of the patients. As a result, in many cases, there is an emotion recognition barrier between the clinician and the patients making all patients seem the same except for their different somatic symptoms. In particular, we aim to identify and combine three major disciplines (psychology, linguistics, and data science) approaches for detecting emotions from verbal communication and propose an integrated solution for emotion recognition support. Such a platform may give emotional guides and indices to the clinician based on verbal communication at the consultation time.
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- Peyman Adibi
- Isfahan Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 8174673441, Iran
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 8415683111, Iran
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- Department of Linguistics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 8174673441, Iran
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- Department of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948974, Iran
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 8415683111, Iran
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- Department of Psychocardiology, Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute (WHO-Collaborating Center), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8187698191, Iran
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- Isfahan Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran
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- Department of Linguistics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 8174673441, Iran
- School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, Guangdong Province, China
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Rey Velasco E, Pedersen HS, Skinner T. Analysis of Patient Cues in Asynchronous Health Interactions: Pilot Study Combining Empathy Appraisal and Systemic Functional Linguistics. JMIR Form Res 2022; 6:e40058. [PMID: 36538352 PMCID: PMC9812272 DOI: 10.2196/40058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lifestyle-related diseases are among the leading causes of death and disability. Their rapid increase worldwide has called for low-cost, scalable solutions to promote health behavior changes. Digital health coaching has proved to be effective in delivering affordable, scalable programs to support lifestyle change. This approach increasingly relies on asynchronous text-based interventions to motivate and support behavior change. Although we know that empathy is a core element for a successful coach-user relationship and positive patient outcomes, we lack research on how this is realized in text-based interactions. Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) is a linguistic theory that may support the identification of empathy opportunities (EOs) in text-based interactions, as well as the reasoning behind patients' linguistic choices in their formulation. OBJECTIVE This study aims to determine whether empathy and SFL approaches correspond and complement each other satisfactorily to study text-based communication in a health coaching context. We sought to explore whether combining empathic assessment with SFL categories can provide a means to understand client-coach interactions in asynchronous text-based coaching interactions. METHODS We retrieved 148 text messages sent by 29 women who participated in a randomized trial of telecoaching for the prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and postnatal weight loss. We conducted a pilot study to identify users' explicit and implicit EOs and further investigated these statements using the SFL approach, focusing on the analysis of transitivity and thematic analysis. RESULTS We identified 164 EOs present in 42.37% (3478/8209) of the word count in the corpus. These were mainly negative (n=90, 54.88%) and implicit (n=55, 60.00%). We distinguished opening, content and closing messages structures. Most of the wording was found in the content (n=7077, 86.21%) with a declarative structure (n=7084, 86.30%). Processes represented 22.4% (n=1839) of the corpus, with half being material (n=876, 10.67%) and mostly related to food and diet (n=196, 54.92%), physical activity (n=96, 26.89%), and lifestyle goals (n=40, 11.20%). CONCLUSIONS Our findings show that empathy and SFL approaches are compatible. The results from our transitivity analysis reveal novel insights into the meanings of the users' EOs, such as their seek for help or praise, often missed by health care professionals (HCPs), and on the coach-user relationship. The absence of explicit EOs and direct questions could be attributed to low trust on or information about the coach's abilities. In the future, we will conduct further research to explore additional linguistic features and code coach messages. TRIAL REGISTRATION Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12620001240932; https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=380020.
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- Elena Rey Velasco
- Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Liva Healthcare, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Abu-Elrob RAM. The Role of Empathy in Jordanian Medical Encounters. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2022; 37:1850-1859. [PMID: 36184778 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2125123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Patients' satisfaction with their clinical visits is a common indicator of the latter's success. Their satisfaction is then reflected in the outcomes of the visit as satisfied patients are more likely to accept their doctor's diagnosis, treatment suggestions, and advice, as well as trust their future arrangements. In addition, this satisfaction then provides doctors with insight into the effectiveness of empathizing with patients and in terms of dealing with them as humans rather than as an illness. Therefore, this study investigated the role of empathy in Jordanian clinical encounters. A conversation analysis approach was conducted to reveal the types and functional accomplishments of empathy. The findings reveal three types of empathy: acknowledgment, pursuit, and sharing experiences and feelings. This study also found that empathy contributes to the success of medical visits as it plays a helpful role in these medical encounters, such as motivating patients to take care of their health, allowing the doctor to claim knowledge of the patient's problem, and allowing the sharing of strong feelings. Moreover, the empathy sequences then lead into the suggestion sequences, which are likely to improve patients' satisfaction. These findings provide insight into the usefulness of deploying empathy in clinical visits, which can be boosted by designing training courses that aim to help raise doctors' awareness of the value of empathy in medical encounters.
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Byrd CT, Croft RL, Kelly EM. Improving Clinical Competence Through Simulated Training in Evidence-Based Practice for Stuttering: A Pilot Study. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY 2022; 31:2770-2788. [PMID: 36332141 PMCID: PMC9911129 DOI: 10.1044/2022_ajslp-22-00116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effectiveness and acceptability of an initial module (1.1; active listening skills) of the Simulated Training in Evidence-Based Practice for Stuttering (STEPS) program, a theory-driven, multimodule, content and learning platform designed to advance knowledge and skills in working with culturally and linguistically diverse persons who stutter of all ages. METHOD Fifteen preservice speech-language pathologists (SLPs) were randomly assigned to complete either the STEPS 1.1 module or a control module. In both conditions, all participants engaged in pre- and post-clinical interviews with a standardized patient portraying a parent of a child who stutters. Prior to participation, all participants provided self-ratings on the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy-Health Profession Student. Post participation, trained observers rated all participants' active listening behaviors using the Active Listening Observation Scale-Modified. Post participation, the STEPS 1.1 participants also completed an intervention acceptability questionnaire. RESULTS No differences between groups were found in self-perceived clinical empathy prior to participation. Participants who completed the STEPS 1.1 condition utilized paraphrasing and client-directed eye gaze significantly more frequently at posttest than at pretest and significantly more than the control group at posttest. Quantitative and qualitative responses from the participants who completed STEPS 1.1 indicated high acceptability of its content, structure, duration, and perceived impact. CONCLUSION Preliminary data from the present pilot study support use of the STEPS 1.1 module to improve preservice SLPs' use of skills that have been shown to predict perceived clinical empathy and increase assessment and treatment effectiveness.
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- Courtney T. Byrd
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
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Mroz EL, McDarby M, Arnold RM, Bylund CL, Kutner JS, Pollak KI. Empathic Communication in Specialty Palliative Care Encounters: An Analysis of Opportunities and Responses. J Palliat Med 2022; 25:1622-1628. [PMID: 35426742 PMCID: PMC9836699 DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background: Although empathic responding is considered a core competency in specialty palliative care (PC), patterns of empathic communication in PC encounters are not well understood. Objectives: In this secondary analysis, we delineate types and frequency of empathic communication and examine relationships between patient empathic opportunities and clinician responses. Design: We used the Empathic Communication Coding System to analyze empathic opportunities across three types: emotion (i.e., negative affective state), progress (i.e., stated recent positive life event or development), and challenge (i.e., stated problem or recent, negative life-changing event) and clinician responses. Setting/Subjects: Transcripts from a pilot randomized trial of communication coaching in specialty PC encounters (N = 71) audio-recorded by 22 PC clinicians at two sites in the United States: an academic health system and a community-based hospice and PC organization. Results: Empathic opportunities were frequent across encounters; clinicians often responded empathically to those opportunities (e.g., confirming or acknowledging patients' emotions or experiences). Even though challenge empathic opportunities occurred most frequently, clinicians responded empathically more often to progress opportunities (i.e., 93% of the time) than challenge opportunities (i.e., 75% of the time). One in 12 opportunities was impeded by the patient or a family member changing the topic before the clinician could respond. Conclusions: PC patients frequently express emotions, share progress, or divulge challenges as empathic opportunities. Clinicians often convey empathy in response and can differentiate their empathic responses based on the type of empathic opportunity. PC communication research and training should explore which empathic responses promote desired patient outcomes.
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- Emily L. Mroz
- Section of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Cancer Prevention and Control, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Theys L, Wermuth C, Hsieh E, Krystallidou D, Pype P, Salaets H. Doctors, Patients, and Interpreters' Views on the Co-Construction of Empathic Communication in Interpreter-Mediated Consultations: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Video Stimulated Recall Interviews. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2022; 32:1843-1857. [PMID: 36017592 DOI: 10.1177/10497323221119369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Doctors and patients rely on verbal and nonverbal resources to co-construct clinical empathy. In language-discordant consultations, interpreters' communicative actions might compromise this process. We aim to explore doctors, patients, and professional interpreters' perspectives on their own and others' actions during their empathic interaction in interpreter-mediated consultations (IMCs). We analyzed 20 video stimulated recall interviews with doctors, patients, and interpreters using qualitative content analysis. Doctors and patients found ways to connect with each other on the level of empathic communication (EC) that is not limited by interpreters' alterations or disengaged demeanor. Some aspects of doctors and interpreters' professional practices might jeopardize the co-construction of EC in IMCs. The co-construction of EC in IMCs is not only subject to participants' communicative (inter)actions, but also to organizational and subjective factors. These results provide evidence of the transactional process between the behavioral, cognitive, and affective components of clinical empathy in the context of IMCs.
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- Laura Theys
- Faculty of Arts (Antwerp Campus), 26657KU Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 26656Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Faculty of Arts (Antwerp Campus), 26657KU Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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- Centre for Translation Studies, 3660University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 26656Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Faculty of Arts (Antwerp Campus), 26657KU Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium
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When Self-Driving Fails: Evaluating Social Media Posts Regarding Problems and Misconceptions about Tesla’s FSD Mode. MULTIMODAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERACTION 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/mti6100086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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With the recent deployment of the latest generation of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode, consumers are using semi-autonomous vehicles in both highway and residential driving for the first time. As a result, drivers are facing complex and unanticipated situations with an unproven technology, which is a central challenge for cooperative cognition. One way to support cooperative cognition in such situations is to inform and educate the user about potential limitations. Because these limitations are not always easily discovered, users have turned to the internet and social media to document their experiences, seek answers to questions they have, provide advice on features to others, and assist other drivers with less FSD experience. In this paper, we explore a novel approach to supporting cooperative cognition: Using social media posts can help characterize the limitations of the automation in order to get information about the limitations of the system and explanations and workarounds for how to deal with these limitations. Ultimately, our goal is to determine the kinds of problems being reported via social media that might be useful in helping users anticipate and develop a better mental model of an AI system that they rely on. To do so, we examine a corpus of social media posts about FSD problems to identify (1) the typical problems reported, (2) the kinds of explanations or answers provided by users, and (3) the feasibility of using such user-generated information to provide training and assistance for new drivers. The results reveal a number of limitations of the FSD system (e.g., lane-keeping and phantom braking) that may be anticipated by drivers, enabling them to predict and avoid the problems, thus allowing better mental models of the system and supporting cooperative cognition of the human-AI system in more situations.
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Is Sociodemographic Status Associated with Empathic Communication and Decision Quality in Diabetes Care? J Gen Intern Med 2022; 37:3013-3019. [PMID: 34981361 PMCID: PMC9485322 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07230-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between empathic communication, shared decision-making, and patient sociodemographic factors of income, education, and ethnicity in patients with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study from five primary care practices in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, participating in a randomized controlled trial of a diabetes goal setting and shared decision-making plan. Participants included 30 patients with diabetes and 23 clinicians (physicians, nurses, dietitians, and pharmacists), with a sample size of 48 clinical encounters. Clinical encounter audiotapes were coded using the Empathic Communication Coding System (ECCS) and Decision Support Analysis Tool (DSAT-10). RESULTS The most frequent empathic responses among encounters were "acknowledgement with pursuit" (28.9%) and "confirmation" (30.0%). The most frequently assessed DSAT components were "stage" (86%) and knowledge of options (82.0%). ECCS varied by education (p=0.030) and ethnicity (p=0.03), but not income. Patients with only a college degree received more empathic communication than patients with bachelor's degrees or more, and South Asian patients received less empathic communication than Asian patients. DSAT varied with ethnicity (p=0.07) but not education or income. White patients experienced more shared decision-making than those in the "other" category. CONCLUSIONS We identified a new relationship between ECCS, education and ethnicity, as well as DSAT and ethnicity. Limitations include sample size, heterogeneity of encounters, and predominant white ethnicity. These associations may be evidence of systemic biases in healthcare, with hidden roots in medical education.
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Hutchinson RN, Anderson EC, Ruben MA, Manning N, John L, Daruvala A, Rizzo DM, Eppstein MJ, Gramling R, Han PK. A Formative Mixed-Methods Study of Emotional Responsiveness in Telepalliative Care. J Palliat Med 2022; 25:1258-1267. [PMID: 35417249 PMCID: PMC9347382 DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: It is unknown whether telemedicine-delivered palliative care (tele-PC) supports emotionally responsive patient-clinician interactions. Objectives: We conducted a mixed-methods formative study at two academic medical centers in rural U.S. states to explore the acceptability, feasibility, and emotional responsiveness of tele-PC. Design: We assessed clinicians' emotional responsiveness through questionnaires, qualitative interviews, and video coding. Results: We completed 11 tele-PC consultations. Mean age was 71 years, 30% did not complete high school, 55% experienced at least moderate financial insecurity, and 2/3 rated their overall health poorly. All patients rated tele-PC as equal to, or better than, in-person PC at providing emotional support. There was a tendency toward higher positive and lower negative emotions following the consultation. Video coding identified 114 instances of patients expressing emotions, and clinicians detected and responded to 98% of these events. Conclusion: Tele-PC appears to support emotionally responsive patient-clinician interactions. A mixed-methods approach to evaluating tele-PC yields useful, complementary insights.
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- Rebecca N. Hutchinson
- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, Maine, USA
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Palliative Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, Maine, USA
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, and University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, and University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, Maine, USA
- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Parke MR, Seo MG, Hu X, Jin S. The Creative and Cross-Functional Benefits of Wearing Hearts on Sleeves: Authentic Affect Climate, Information Elaboration, and Team Creativity. ORGANIZATION SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2021.1448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Team creative processes of generating and elaborating ideas tend to be laden with emotional expressions and communication. Yet, there is a noticeable lack of theory on how differences in teams’ management and support of affect expressions influence their ability to produce creative outcomes. We investigate why and when team authentic affect climates, which encourage members to share and respond to authentic affect, generate greater creativity compared with more constrained affect climates where members suppress or hide their genuine feelings. We propose that authentic affect climate enhances team creativity through greater information elaboration by the team and that these informational and creative benefits are more likely in functionally diverse teams. Results from three complementary studies—one multisource field study of management teams and two experiments—provide support for our predictions. In our experiments, we also examine the theorized affective mechanisms and find that authentic affect climate increases information elaboration and creativity through members’ affect expressions (Study 2) and empathic responses to each other’s expressed affect (Studies 2 and 3). We discuss the implications of our findings for the team creativity, diversity, and affect literatures.
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- Michael R. Parke
- The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Management and Organization, Robert H Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of Management, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 3LJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Management, Girard School of Business, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts 01845
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Predictors of Physician Compassion, Empathy, and Related Constructs: a Systematic Review. J Gen Intern Med 2022; 37:900-911. [PMID: 34545471 PMCID: PMC8452146 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07055-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Compassion in healthcare provides measurable benefits to patients, physicians, and healthcare systems. However, data regarding the factors that predict care (and a lack of care) are scattered. This study systematically reviews biomedical literature within the Transactional Model of Physician Compassion and synthesizes evidence regarding the predictors of physician empathy, compassion, and related constructs (ECRC). METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted in CENTRAL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, CINAHL, AMED, OvidJournals, ProQuest, Web of Science, and Scopus using search terms relating to ECRC and its predictors. Eligible studies included physicians as participants. Methodological quality was assessed based on the Cochrane Handbook, using ROBINS-I risk of bias tool for quantitative and CASP for qualitative studies. Confidence in findings was evaluated according to GRADE-CERQual approach. RESULTS One hundred fifty-two included studies (74,866 physicians) highlighted the diversity of influences on compassion in healthcare (54 unique predictors). Physician-related predictors (88%) were gender, experience, values, emotions and coping strategies, quality of life, and burnout. Environmental predictors (38%) were organizational structure, resources, culture, and clinical environment and processes. Patient-related predictors (24%) were communication ease, and physicians' perceptions of patients' motives; compassion was also less forthcoming with lower SES and minority patients. Evidence related to clinical predictors (15%) was scarce; high acuity presentations predicted greater ECRC. DISCUSSION The growth of evidence in the recent years reflects ECRC's ongoing importance. However, evidence remains scattered, concentrates on physicians' factors that may not be amenable to interventions, lacks designs permitting causal commentary, and is limited by self-reported outcomes. Inconsistent findings in the direction of the predictors' effects indicate the need to study the relationships among predictors to better understand the mechanisms of ECRCs. The current review can guide future research and interventions.
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Yelland J, Whittlestone KD. A Call for Compassionate Empathy: Analysis of Verbal Empathic Communication between Veterinary Students and Veterinary Clients and their Dogs. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION 2022; 49:51-60. [PMID: 33657338 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2020-0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In human medicine, empathy contributes to enhanced patient satisfaction and trust, decreased litigation, and increased adherence to medical recommendations. Understanding client perspectives is crucial in the empathic process; failure to explore these perspectives has been linked to decreased client satisfaction in veterinary consultations. This article explores how veterinary clients verbally expressed emotional concerns during consultations and how veterinary students addressed them. The "Model of Empathic Communication in the Medical Interview" by Suchman et al., is the starting point for a thematic analysis of consultation transcripts. Clients expressed multiple emotional concerns both directly by using explicit words (coded as empathic opportunities-EO), and indirectly (coded as potential empathic opportunities-PEO), throughout the consultations. Indirect examples prevailed and included stories about previous experiences with pet illnesses and pet care received elsewhere. Clients used explicit words, including "fear" and "panic." Students usually responded with a biomedical focus, including asking medical questions and giving medical explanations. Although students demonstrated various communication skills, they failed to demonstrate a complete verbal compassionate empathic response (a novel code) that includes exploring and verbalizing accurate understanding of the clients' perspectives and offering help based on this understanding. These findings suggest that strategies to teach compassionate empathy and support its use in the clinical setting are not fully effective, and veterinary students risk entering practice unprepared to employ this vital competency. The authors also introduce an operational definition for compassionate empathy.
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Armstrong MJ, Weisbrod NJ, Bylund CL. Strategies to Improve Clinician-Patient Communication Experiences for Patients With Neurologic Conditions. Neurol Clin Pract 2022; 11:e896-e900. [PMID: 34992974 DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000001091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Increasing research supports that effective clinician communication with patients and families leads to improved patient outcomes, higher patient satisfaction, and improved clinician experiences. As a result, patient- and family-centered communication is the focus of a 2020 American Academy of Neurology quality measure and part of neurology residency training milestones. Clinicians across training levels can implement strategies for improving patient- and family-centered communication, including optimizing the communication environment, using verbal and nonverbal skills, focusing on the patient's agenda, practicing active listening, demonstrating respect and empathy, individualizing encounters to patient and family needs, and providing clear explanations. These skills can be tailored for specialized encounters (e.g., when wearing masks, telemedicine) and for electronic communication. By purposefully identifying and incorporating key communication skills in everyday practice, clinicians have the opportunity to improve patient care and satisfaction and their own experiences in neurology clinical practice.
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- Melissa J Armstrong
- Department of Neurology (MJA, NJW), University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville; Department of Medicine (NJW), Division of Palliative Care, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville; College of Journalism and Communications (CLB), University of Florida, Gainesville; and Department of Medicine (CLB), University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
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- Department of Neurology (MJA, NJW), University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville; Department of Medicine (NJW), Division of Palliative Care, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville; College of Journalism and Communications (CLB), University of Florida, Gainesville; and Department of Medicine (CLB), University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
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- Department of Neurology (MJA, NJW), University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville; Department of Medicine (NJW), Division of Palliative Care, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville; College of Journalism and Communications (CLB), University of Florida, Gainesville; and Department of Medicine (CLB), University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
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How Responsive are Anesthesiologists to Patient Pain? Residents’ Verbal and Nonverbal Responses to Standardized Patient Pain Cues. JOURNAL OF NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10919-021-00390-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Beach MC, Park J, Han D, Evans C, Moore RD, Saha S. Clinician Response to Patient Emotion: Impact on Subsequent Communication and Visit Length. Ann Fam Med 2021; 19:515-520. [PMID: 34750126 PMCID: PMC8575526 DOI: 10.1370/afm.2740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE It is widely cited-based on limited evidence-that attending to a patient's emotions results in shorter visits because patients are less likely to repeat themselves if they feel understood. We evaluated the association of clinician responses to patient emotions with subsequent communication and visit length. METHODS We audio-recorded 41 clinicians with 342 unique patients and used the Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences (VR-CoDES) to time stamp patient emotional expressions and categorize clinician responses. We used random-intercept multilevel-regression models to evaluate the associations of clinician responses with timing of the expressed emotion, patient repetition, and subsequent length of visit. RESULTS The mean visit length was 30.4 minutes, with 1,028 emotional expressions total. The majority of clinician responses provided space for the patient to elaborate on the emotion (81%) and were nonexplicit (56%). As each minute passed, clinicians had lower odds of providing space (odds ratio [OR] = 0.96; 95% CI, 0.95-0.98) and higher odds of being explicit (OR = 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00-1.03). Emotions were more likely to be repeated when clinicians provided space (OR = 2.33; 95% CI, 1.66-3.27), and less likely to be repeated when clinicians were explicit (OR = 0.61; 95% CI, 0.47-0.80). Visits were shorter (β = -0.98 minutes; 95% CI, -2.19 to 0.23) when clinicians' responses explicitly focused on patient affect. CONCLUSION If saving time is a goal, clinicians should consider responses that explicitly address a patient's emotion. Arguments for providing space for patients to discuss emotional issues should focus on other benefits, including patients' well-being.
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- Mary Catherine Beach
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland .,Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.,Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.,Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
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Empathic communication in dignity therapy: Feasibility of measurement and descriptive findings. Palliat Support Care 2021; 20:321-327. [DOI: 10.1017/s1478951521001188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Dignity therapy (DT) is a guided process conducted by a health professional for reviewing one's life to promote dignity through the illness process. Empathic communication has been shown to be important in clinical interactions but has yet to be examined in the DT interview session. The Empathic Communication Coding System (ECCS) is a validated, reliable coding system used in clinical interactions. The aims of this study were (1) to assess the feasibility of the ECCS in DT sessions and (2) to describe the process of empathic communication during DT sessions.
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We conducted a secondary analysis of 25 transcripts of DT sessions with older cancer patients. These DT sessions were collected as part of larger randomized controlled trial. We revised the ECCS and then coded the transcripts using the new ECCS-DT. Two coders achieved inter-rater reliability (κ = 0.84) on 20% of the transcripts and then independently coded the remaining transcripts.
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Participants were individuals with cancer between the ages of 55 and 75. We developed the ECCS-DT with four empathic response categories: acknowledgment, reflection, validation, and shared experience. We found that of the 235 idea units, 198 had at least one of the four empathic responses present. Of the total 25 DT sessions, 17 had at least one empathic response present in all idea units.
Significance of results
This feasibility study is an essential first step in our larger program of research to understand how empathic communication may play a role in DT outcomes. We aim to replicate findings in a larger sample and also investigate the linkage empathic communication may have in the DT session to positive patient outcomes. These findings, in turn, may lead to further refinement of training for dignity therapists, development of research into empathy as a mediator of outcomes, and generation of new interventions.
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McCool KE, Kedrowicz AA. Evaluation of Veterinary Students' Communication Skills with a Service Dog Handler in a Simulated Client Scenario. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION 2021; 48:538-548. [PMID: 34570689 DOI: 10.3138/jvme.2019-0140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Effective communication skills serve as a key component of excellent veterinary care and provide a foundation for building trusting relationships with clients. While many veterinary clients value their pets for companionship, the focus of other relationships may be based on a partnership between the human and animal, as is the case with the handlers of service dogs. As the use of service dogs in the US continues to grow, it is important that veterinary professionals are educated on how best to meet the unique needs of service dogs and their handlers. This article evaluates the interactions of veterinary students with a service dog handler in a simulated client scenario. Ten videotaped interactions were coded to assess third-year students' communication skills (nonverbal communication, open-ended questions, reflective listening, and empathy), and their ability to discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic options for a dog with suspected intervertebral disk disease. Results showed that the majority of students demonstrated competence in the use of nonverbal communication skills and in discussing the biomedical aspects of the disease. Students require development in the use of open-ended questions, reflective listening statements, and expression of empathy, as well as building client rapport and discussing the psychosocial aspect of the disease on the client and patient. These findings suggest that veterinary students may benefit from targeted instruction on "best practices" in caring for service dogs and their handlers, including greater attention to the psychosocial aspects of a disease, and from additional communication practice using standardized clients with service dogs.
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Serrada-Tejeda S, Sánchez-Herrera-Baeza P, Rodríguez-Pérez MP, Máximo-Bocanegra N, Martínez-Piédrola RM, Trugeda-Pedrajo N, Huertas-Hoyas E, Pérez-de-Heredia-Torres M. Cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Jefferson empathy scale health professions students' version in SpanishOccupational therapy students. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2021; 21:472. [PMID: 34488731 PMCID: PMC8419898 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02845-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND In occupational therapy, empathy is a fundamental concept and has a positive impact on health and quality of care outcomes for patients. It is a basic and essential concept that should prevail in the training of occupational therapy students. The aim of this study is to validate and cross-culturally adapt the Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale, version for health professionals (JSE-HPS) in a sample of Spanish university students of occupational therapy. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted between 2019 and 2020. A convenience sample was selected, consisting of 221 students from the four courses of the Occupational Therapy degree at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos during the 2019-20 academic year. Each of the participants voluntarily and anonymously completed a sociodemographic data sheet (including age and sex), in addition to the following assessment scales: JSE-HPS and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). RESULTS A culturally adapted version of the JSE-HPS that guarantees conceptual and grammatical equivalence specific to the study population was obtained. The psychometric analysis of the translated version showed a Cronbach coefficient α of 0.786. The test-retest reliability analysis showed an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.90 (95% CI = 0.86-0.93, p < 0.0001). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed positive results (χ2 = 269.095, df = 167, p < 0.001, Confirmatory Fit Index [CFI] = 0.90, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation [RMSEA] = 0.04). CONCLUSION The cultural adaptation and psychometric results suggest that the Spanish version of the JSE-HPS is a valid and reliable way to evaluate the empathic ability of occupational therapy students.
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- Sergio Serrada-Tejeda
- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avenida de Atenas s/n. CP.28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avenida de Atenas s/n. CP.28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avenida de Atenas s/n. CP.28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avenida de Atenas s/n. CP.28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avenida de Atenas s/n. CP.28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avenida de Atenas s/n. CP.28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avenida de Atenas s/n. CP.28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avenida de Atenas s/n. CP.28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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van Hoorn BT, Menendez ME, Mackert M, Donovan EE, van Heijl M, Ring D. Missed Empathic Opportunities During Hand Surgery Office Visits. Hand (N Y) 2021; 16:698-705. [PMID: 31526045 PMCID: PMC8461197 DOI: 10.1177/1558944719873395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Background: Empathy (conveyance of an understanding of a patient's situation, perspective, and feelings) deepens the therapeutic alliance and leads to better health outcomes. We studied the frequency and nature of empathic opportunities and physician responses in patients visiting a hand surgeon. We also sought patient characteristics associated with the number of patient-initiated-clues and missed opportunities by surgeons. Methods: For this prospective cohort study, we enrolled 83 new, adult patients visiting 1 of 3 hand surgeons during a period of 4 months. All visits were audio-recorded, and empathic opportunities (patient-initiated emotional or social clues) and physician responses were categorized using the model of Levenson et al. Before the visit, patients completed the Newest Vital Sign health literacy test; 3 Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-based questionnaires: Upper-Extremity function, Pain Interference, and Depression questionnaires; and a sociodemographic survey. Results: Empathic opportunities were present in 70% of hand surgery office visits. Surgeons responded empathically to about half of the opportunities. Patients with limited health literacy and greater symptoms of depression (small correlation; r = -0.29) were less likely to receive a positive response. Response to an empathic opportunity did not affect visit duration. Conclusions: Hand surgeons often miss empathic opportunities. Future research might address the influence of training physicians to address empathic opportunities on trust, adherence, satisfaction, and outcomes.
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- The University of Texas at Austin, USA,David Ring, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Suite 2.834; MC: R1800, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
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Park J, Jindal A, Kuo P, Tanana M, Lafata JE, Tai-Seale M, Atkins DC, Imel ZE, Smyth P. Automated rating of patient and physician emotion in primary care visits. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2021; 104:2098-2105. [PMID: 33468364 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Train machine learning models that automatically predict emotional valence of patient and physician in primary care visits. METHODS Using transcripts from 353 primary care office visits with 350 patients and 84 physicians (Cook, 2002 [1], Tai-Seale et al., 2015 [2]), we developed two machine learning models (a recurrent neural network with a hierarchical structure and a logistic regression classifier) to recognize the emotional valence (positive, negative, neutral) (Posner et al., 2005 [3]) of each utterance. We examined the agreement of human-generated ratings of emotional valence with machine learning model ratings of emotion. RESULTS The agreement of emotion ratings from the recurrent neural network model with human ratings was comparable to that of human-human inter-rater agreement. The weighted-average of the correlation coefficients for the recurrent neural network model with human raters was 0.60, and the human rater agreement was also 0.60. CONCLUSIONS The recurrent neural network model predicted the emotional valence of patients and physicians in primary care visits with similar reliability as human raters. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS As the first machine learning-based evaluation of emotion recognition in primary care visit conversations, our work provides valuable baselines for future applications that might help monitor patient emotional signals, supporting physicians in empathic communication, or examining the role of emotion in patient-centered care.
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- Jihyun Park
- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA; Apple Inc., Cupertino, USA.
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA; Hewlett Packard Enterprise, San Jose, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Social Research Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA.
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Influence of Airline Cabin Crew Members' Rapport-Building Behaviors and Empathy toward Colleagues on Team Performance, Organizational Atmosphere, and Irregularity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18126417. [PMID: 34199315 PMCID: PMC8296227 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18126417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Expanding on the literature on rapport-building behavior within the airline industry, this study analyzed the influence of rapport-building behaviors (uncommonly attentive behavior, common-grounding behavior, courteous behavior, connecting behavior, and information-sharing behavior) on cabin crew members’ empathy toward their colleagues. We also analyzed the effect of empathy on variables such as team performance, organizational atmosphere, and instances of irregularity. We analyzed 230 samples obtained from an online questionnaire and convenience sampling of full-service domestic and international carriers in South Korea. A structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that uncommonly attentive behavior, courteous behavior, connecting behavior, and information-sharing behavior showed a positive effect on empathy among colleagues, which in turn positively influenced team performance, organizational atmosphere, and possible irregularities. Moreover, we found that the presence of participants’ closest colleagues within the same team did not moderate the relationship between rapport-building and empathic behavior between airline crew members. Our study has important implications for crew members’ dignity and protection from emotional labor while working in high-pressure environments. Our findings can be used to revise the airline industry’s crew management guidelines and improve the crew’s psychological health and quality of life.
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Foster A, Alderman M, Safin D, Aponte X, McCoy K, Caughey M, Galynker I. Teaching Suicide Risk Assessment: Spotlight on the Therapeutic Relationship. ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY : THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY 2021; 45:257-261. [PMID: 33786778 DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01421-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Banerjee SC, Haque N, Schofield EA, Williamson TJ, Martin CM, Bylund CL, Shen MJ, Rigney M, Hamann HA, Parker PA, McFarland DC, Park BJ, Molena D, Moreno A, Ostroff JS. Oncology Care Provider Training in Empathic Communication Skills to Reduce Lung Cancer Stigma. Chest 2021; 159:2040-2049. [PMID: 33338443 PMCID: PMC8129726 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite the clinical importance of assessing smoking history and advising patients who smoke to quit, patients with lung cancer often experience feelings of blame and stigma during clinical encounters with their oncology care providers (OCPs). Promoting empathic communication during these encounters may help reduce patients' experience of stigma and improve related clinical outcomes. This paper presents the evaluation of OCP- and patient-reported data on the usefulness of an OCP-targeted empathic communication skills (ECS) training to reduce the stigma of lung cancer and improve communication. RESEARCH QUESTION What is the impact of the ECS intervention on OCPs' communication skills uptake and patient-reported outcomes (lung cancer stigma, satisfaction with communication, and perceived OCP empathy)? METHODS Study subjects included 30 multidisciplinary OCPs treating patients with lung cancer who participated in a 2.25 h ECS training. Standardized Patient Assessments were conducted prior to and following training to assess ECS uptake among OCPs. In addition, of a planned 180 patients who currently or formerly smoked (six unique patients per OCP [three pretraining, three posttraining]), 175 patients (89 pretraining, 86 posttraining) completed post-OCP visit surveys eliciting feedback on the quality of their interaction with their OCP. RESULTS OCPs exhibited an overall increase in use of empathic communication skills [t(28) = -2.37; P < .05], stigma-mitigating skills [t(28) = -3.88; P < .001], and breadth of communication skill use [t(28) = -2.91; P < .01]. Patients reported significantly higher overall satisfaction with communication post-ECS training, compared with pretraining [t(121) = 2.15; P = .034; Cohen d = 0.35]. There were no significant differences from pretraining to posttraining for patient-reported stigma or perceived OCP empathy. INTERPRETATION Empathy-based, stigma-reducing communication may lead to improved assessments of tobacco use and smoking cessation for patients with smoking-related cancers. These findings support the dissemination and further testing of a new ECS model for training OCPs in best practices for assessment of smoking history and engagement of patients who currently smoke in tobacco treatment delivery.
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- Smita C Banerjee
- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY..
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (S. C. Banerjee, N. Haque, E. A. Schofield, T. J. Williamson, C. M. Martin, P. A. Parker, D. C. McFarland, A. Moreno, J. S. Ostroff), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Public Relations (C. L. Bylund), Division of Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Medicine (M. J. Shen), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Support Initiatives, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (M. Rigney), Washington, DC; Department of Psychology and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (H. A. Hamann), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Department of Surgery (B. J. Park, D. Molena), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Williamson TJ, Ostroff JS, Martin CM, Banerjee SC, Bylund CL, Hamann HA, Shen MJ. Evaluating relationships between lung cancer stigma, anxiety, and depressive symptoms and the absence of empathic opportunities presented during routine clinical consultations. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2021; 104:322-328. [PMID: 32859447 PMCID: PMC7855769 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Empathic communication in clinical consultations is mutually constructed, with patients first presenting empathic opportunities (statements communicating emotions, challenges, or progress) to which clinicians can respond. We hypothesized that lung cancer patients who did not present empathic opportunities during routine consultations would report higher stigma, anxiety, and depressive symptoms than patients who presented at least one. METHODS Audio-recorded consultations between lung cancer patients (N = 56) and clinicians were analyzed to identify empathic opportunities. Participants completed questionnaires measuring sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics. RESULTS Twenty-one consultations (38 %) did not contain empathic opportunities. Unexpectedly, there was a significant interaction between presenting empathic opportunities and patients' race on disclosure-related stigma (i.e., discomfort discussing one's cancer; F = 4.49, p = .041) and anxiety (F = 8.03, p = .007). Among racial minority patients (self-identifying as Black/African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander, or other race), those who did not present empathic opportunities reported higher stigma than those who presented at least one (t=-5.47, p = .038), but this difference was not observed among white patients (t = 0.38, p = .789). Additional statistically significant findings emerged for anxiety. CONCLUSION Disclosure-related stigma and anxiety may explain why some patients present empathic opportunities whereas others do not. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Clinicians should intentionally elicit empathic opportunities and encourage open communication with patients (particularly from diverse racial backgrounds).
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- Timothy J Williamson
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Vogus TJ, McClelland LE, Lee YS, McFadden KL, Hu X. Creating a compassion system to achieve efficiency and quality in health care delivery. JOURNAL OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1108/josm-05-2019-0132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PurposeHealth care delivery is experiencing a multi-faceted epidemic of suffering among patients and care providers. Compassion is defined as noticing, feeling and responding to suffering. However, compassion is typically seen as an individual rather than a more systemic response to suffering and cannot match the scale of the problem as a result. The authors develop a model of a compassion system and details its antecedents (leader behaviors and a compassionate human resource (HR) bundle), its climate or the extent that the organization values, supports and rewards expression of compassion and the behaviors and practices through which it is enacted (standardization and customization) and its effects on efficiently reducing suffering and delivering high quality care.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a conceptual approach that synthesizes the literature in health services, HR management, organizational behavior and service operations to develop a new conceptual model.FindingsThe paper makes three key contributions. First, the authors theorize the central importance of compassion and a collective commitment to compassion (compassion system) to reducing pervasive patient and care provider suffering in health care. Second, the authors develop a model of an organizational compassion system that details its antecedents of leader behaviors and values as well as a compassionate HR bundle. Third, the authors theorize how compassion climate enhances collective employee well-being and increases standardization and customization behaviors that reduce suffering through more efficient and higher quality care, respectively.Originality/valueThis paper develops a novel model of how health care organizations can simultaneously achieve efficiency and quality through a compassion system. Specific leader behaviors and practices that enable compassion climate and the processes through which it achieves efficiency and quality are detailed. Future directions for how other service organizations can replicate a compassion system are discussed.
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Sanders R, Araujo TB, Vliegenthart R, van Eenbergen MC, van Weert JCM, Linn AJ. Patients' Convergence of Mass and Interpersonal Communication on an Online Forum: Hybrid Methods Analysis. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e18303. [PMID: 33074160 PMCID: PMC7605979 DOI: 10.2196/18303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Patients are increasingly taking an active role in their health. In doing so, they combine both mass and interpersonal media to gratify their cognitive and affective needs (ie, convergence). Owing to methodological challenges when studying convergence, a detailed view of how patients are using different types of media for needs fulfillment is lacking. Objective The aim of this study was to obtain insight into the frequency of reported convergence, how convergence affects what posters write online, motives for posting, and the needs posters are trying to fulfill. Methods Using a hybrid method of content analysis and supervised machine learning, this study used naturally available data to fill this research gap. We analyzed opening posts (N=1708) of an online forum targeting cancer patients and their relatives (Kanker.nl). Results Nearly one-third of the forum opening posts contained signs of convergence in mass or interpersonal media. Posts containing mass media references disclosed less personal information and were more geared toward community enhancement and sharing experiences compared to posts without convergence. Furthermore, compared to posts without signs of convergence, posts that included interpersonal media references disclosed more personal information, and posters were more likely to ask for the experiences of fellow users to fulfill their needs. Within posts containing signs of convergence, posts including interpersonal media references reported fewer shortages of information, disclosed more information about the disease, and were more active in seeking other posters’ experiences compared to posts containing mass media references. Conclusions The current study highlights the intertwining of media platforms for patients. The insights of this study can be used to adapt the health care system toward a new type of health information–seeking behavior in which one medium is not trusted to fulfill all needs. Instead, providers should incorporate the intertwinement of sources by providing patients with reliable websites and forums through which they can fulfill their needs.
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- Remco Sanders
- Department of Communication Science, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, Univeristy of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Communication Science, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, Univeristy of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Communication Science, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, Univeristy of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Research, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Communication Science, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, Univeristy of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Communication Science, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, Univeristy of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Jia M, Cheng J. Emotional Experiences in the Workplace: Biological Sex, Supervisor Nonverbal Behaviors, and Subordinate Susceptibility to Emotional Contagion. Psychol Rep 2020; 124:1687-1714. [PMID: 32635815 DOI: 10.1177/0033294120940552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study aims to investigate the relationship among different types of supervisor nonverbal behaviors, subordinate susceptibility to emotional contagion, and subordinate emotional experience. It also examined the possible interaction effects of nonverbal behaviors, emotional contagion, and both supervisor and subordinate biological sex. N = 669 full-time employees participated in an online survey. Results suggest that supervisor eye contact, body posture and facial expression are associated with higher emotional support, whereas body and face would reduce subordinates' engagement in emotion work. The interaction tests show that female supervisors' use of gesture has a stronger effect on subordinate perception of emotional support and emotion work than male supervisors. Findings are discussed as related to theoretical and practical contributions, as well as suggestions for future research on nonverbal communication and workplace emotions.
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- Moyi Jia
- Communication and Media Studies Department, State University of New York at Cortland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa
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Krystallidou D, Vaes L, Devisch I, Wens J, Pype P. Study protocol of OncoTolk: an observational study on communication problems in language-mediated consultations with migrant oncology patients in Flanders (Belgium). BMJ Open 2020; 10:e034426. [PMID: 32513878 PMCID: PMC7282320 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Effective doctor-patient communication in oncology settings can be challenging due to the complexity of the cancer disease trajectory. The challenges can become greater when doctors and patients do not share a common language and need to rely on language mediators. The aim of this study is to provide evidence-based recommendations for healthcare professionals, patients and language mediators on how to interact with each other during language-mediated consultations in oncology settings. METHODS AND ANALYSIS A systematic review of the literature on communication problems in monolingual and multilingual oncology settings will be conducted. Thirty language-mediated consultations with Turkish-speaking or Arabic-speaking cancer patients, language mediators and Dutch-speaking oncologists/haematologists will be video-recorded in three urban hospitals in Flanders, Belgium. All participants will be interviewed immediately after the consultation and 2 weeks after it by means of video-stimulated recall. Multimodal interaction analysis will be combined with qualitative content analysis to allow for the identification of communication practices when communication problems occur. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study has been approved by the following ethics committees: Ghent University Hospital, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp Hospitals Network (ZNA). Results will be published via (inter)national peer-reviewed journals and the findings of the study will be communicated using a comprehensive dissemination strategy aimed at healthcare professionals, patients and language mediators.
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- Faculty of Arts, Sint Andries Campus, KU Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Primary and Interdisciplinary Care, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Demands for more patient-centred care necessitate that leadership creates the conditions for more compassionate care that is sustainable even in periods of acute crisis. We draw on a growing body of empirical research in health services, management and medicine to highlight how the combination of interpersonal acts, leadership style and organisational structures underpins leading with compassion. We further detail how this benefits care provider well-being and patient outcomes through fostering integrative thinking and prosocial motivation. We conclude with implications for practice.
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Krystallidou D, Bylund CL, Pype P. The professional interpreter's effect on empathic communication in medical consultations: A qualitative analysis of interaction. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2020; 103:521-529. [PMID: 31623946 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate how empathic communication is expressed in interpreter-mediated consultations (IMCs) and the interpreter's effect on it. METHODS We coded 20 authentic video-recorded IMCs by using the Empathic Communication Coding System (ECCS). We compared patient-initiated empathic opportunities (EOs) and doctors' responses as expressed by patients and doctors and as rendered by interpreters. RESULTS We identified 44 EOs. In 2 of the 44 EOs there was a close match in the way the EOs were expressed by the patient in the first place and in the way they were rendered by the interpreter. Twenty-four of the 44 EOs that were passed on by the interpreter to the doctor and presented the doctor with an opportunity to respond, came with a shift in meaning and/or intensity. Twenty of the 44 EOs were not passed on by the interpreter to the doctor. CONCLUSION In IMCs, EOs are subject to the interpreter's renditions and the doctor's actions during interaction. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Doctors and interpreters require skills to detect patient cues, assess them correctly, render them completely and in an appropriate manner (interpreters) and display communicative behaviours that take into account the intricacies of interpreter-mediated clinical communication and facilitate each other's communicative goals.
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- Demi Krystallidou
- KU Leuven, Faculty of Arts, Antwerp Sint Jacob Campus, Antwerp, Belgium.
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- University of Florida, Department of Public Relations, College of Journalism and Communications, Gainesville, USA
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- Ghent University, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent, Belgium
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Dupuy L, Micoulaud-Franchi JA, Cassoudesalle H, Ballot O, Dehail P, Aouizerate B, Cuny E, de Sevin E, Philip P. Evaluation of a virtual agent to train medical students conducting psychiatric interviews for diagnosing major depressive disorders. J Affect Disord 2020; 263:1-8. [PMID: 31818765 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND A psychiatric diagnosis involves the physician's ability to create an empathic interaction with the patient in order to accurately extract semiology (i.e., clinical manifestations). Virtual patients (VPs) can be used to train these skills but need to be evaluated in terms of accuracy, and to be perceived positively by users. METHODS We recruited 35 medical students who interacted in a 35-min psychiatric interview with a VP simulating major depressive disorders. Semiology extraction, verbal and non-verbal empathy were measured objectively during the interaction. The students were then debriefed to collect their experience with the VP. RESULTS The VP was able to simulate the conduction of a psychiatric interview realistically, and was effective to discriminate students depending on their psychiatric knowledge. Results suggest that students managed to keep an emotional distance during the interview and show the added value of emotion recognition software to measure empathy in psychiatry training. Students provided positive feedback regarding pedagogic usefulness, realism and enjoyment in the interaction. LIMITATIONS Our sample was relatively small. As a first prototype, the measures taken by the VP would need improvement (subtler empathic questions, levels of difficulty). The face-tracking technique might induce errors in detecting non-verbal empathy. CONCLUSION This study is the first to simulate a realistic psychiatric interview and to measure both skills needed by future psychiatrists: semiology extraction and empathic communication. Results provide evidence that VPs are acceptable by medical students, and highlight their relevance to complement existing training and evaluation tools in the field of affective disorders.
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- Lucile Dupuy
- University of Bordeaux, USR 3413 SANPSY Addiction et Neuropsychiatrie, University of Bordeaux, Site Carreire - Zone Nord, Bat 3B, 3rd floor, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France.
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- University of Bordeaux, USR 3413 SANPSY Addiction et Neuropsychiatrie, University of Bordeaux, Site Carreire - Zone Nord, Bat 3B, 3rd floor, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France; University Hospital of Bordeaux, CHU Pellegrin - Tripode, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France
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- University Hospital of Bordeaux, CHU Pellegrin - Tripode, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France
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- University of Laval, Centre d'étude des troubles du sommeil, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- University of Bordeaux, USR 3413 SANPSY Addiction et Neuropsychiatrie, University of Bordeaux, Site Carreire - Zone Nord, Bat 3B, 3rd floor, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France; University Hospital of Bordeaux, CHU Pellegrin - Tripode, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France
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- University of Bordeaux, USR 3413 SANPSY Addiction et Neuropsychiatrie, University of Bordeaux, Site Carreire - Zone Nord, Bat 3B, 3rd floor, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France; University Hospital of Bordeaux, CHU Pellegrin - Tripode, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France
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- University of Bordeaux, USR 3413 SANPSY Addiction et Neuropsychiatrie, University of Bordeaux, Site Carreire - Zone Nord, Bat 3B, 3rd floor, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France; University Hospital of Bordeaux, CHU Pellegrin - Tripode, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France
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- University of Bordeaux, USR 3413 SANPSY Addiction et Neuropsychiatrie, University of Bordeaux, Site Carreire - Zone Nord, Bat 3B, 3rd floor, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France
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- University of Bordeaux, USR 3413 SANPSY Addiction et Neuropsychiatrie, University of Bordeaux, Site Carreire - Zone Nord, Bat 3B, 3rd floor, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France; University Hospital of Bordeaux, CHU Pellegrin - Tripode, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France
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Compassionate and Clinical Behavior of Residents in a Simulated Informed Consent Encounter. Anesthesiology 2020; 132:159-169. [DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000002999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Editor’s Perspective
What We Already Know about This Topic
What This Article Tells Us That Is New
Background
Compassionate behavior in clinicians is described as seeking to understand patients’ psychosocial, physical and medical needs, timely attending to these needs, and involving patients as they desire. The goal of our study was to evaluate compassionate behavior in patient interactions, pain management, and the informed consent process of anesthesia residents in a simulated preoperative evaluation of a patient in pain scheduled for urgent surgery.
Methods
Forty-nine Clinical Anesthesia residents in year 1 and 16 Clinical Anesthesia residents in year 3 from three residency programs individually obtained informed consent for anesthesia for an urgent laparotomy from a standardized patient complaining of pain. Encounters were assessed for ordering pain medication, for patient-resident interactions by using the Empathic Communication Coding System to code responses to pain and nausea cues, and for the content of the informed consent discussion.
Results
Of the 65 residents, 56 (86%) ordered pain medication, at an average of 4.2 min (95% CI, 3.2 to 5.1) into the encounter; 9 (14%) did not order pain medication. Resident responses to the cues averaged between perfunctory recognition and implicit recognition (mean, 1.7 [95% CI, 1.6 to 1.9]) in the 0 (less empathic) to 6 (more empathic) system. Responses were lower for residents who did not order pain medication (mean, 1.2 [95% CI, 0.8 to 1.6]) and similar for those who ordered medication before informed consent signing (mean, 1.9 [95% CI, 1.6 to 2.1]) and after signing (mean, 1.9 [95% CI, 1.6 to 2.0]; F (2, 62) = 4.21; P = 0.019; partial η2 = 0.120). There were significant differences between residents who ordered pain medication before informed consent and those who did not order pain medication and between residents who ordered pain medication after informed consent signing and those who did not.
Conclusions
In a simulated preoperative evaluation, anesthesia residents have variable and, at times, flawed recognition of patient cues, responsiveness to patient cues, pain management, and patient interactions.
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There has been evidence that empathy-arousing messages might be an effective and ethical approach to persuasion in health communication. Knowledge of intrinsic message features is needed to better design and craft such messages. The goals of this research were (a) to identify message features with the potential to arouse state empathy, (b) to verify the association between the identified message features and state empathy, and (c) to determine if state empathy mediates the impact of the message features on persuasion and social stigma. In the present study, a coding scheme was developed for empathy-arousing message features; 532 individuals recruited from Qualtrics Panel each viewed five messages randomly selected from a total of 20 stimuli messages that varied in empathy message features. Multilevel modeling analyses confirmed the association between the identified message features and state empathy; and state empathy's mediating role of message feature effects on persuasion and social stigma.
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- Lijiang Shen
- Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
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Shen MJ, Ostroff JS, Hamann HA, Haque N, Banerjee S, McFarland D, Molena D, Bylund CL. Structured Analysis of Empathic Opportunities and Physician Responses during Lung Cancer Patient-Physician Consultations. JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2019; 24:711-718. [PMID: 31525115 PMCID: PMC6884685 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2019.1665757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Despite the importance of empathic communication in cancer patient outcomes, the majority of opportunities to respond empathically to a patient's concern within clinical consultations are "missed" (i.e., 70-90%), or not responded to by physicians. The present study examined the empathic opportunities and responses within clinical consultations of lung cancer patients and how these each are associated with patient-reported outcomes. Results indicate that lung cancer patients (n = 56) most commonly presented empathic opportunities related to emotions, anxiety was significantly associated with empathic opportunity type (p = .011), and physicians are most likely to respond with high empathy to statements around a patient making progress rather than bringing up a challenge or an emotion they felt (p = .031). The present study results highlight the need to train lung cancer physicians to respond with higher empathy to opportunities to respond to negative emotions, including mentions of challenges faced or emotions experienced, as these patients are at the highest risk of experiencing distress and the least likely to receive a high empathic response from physicians.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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[Clinical empathy among family and community medicine residents and tutors. The view of physicians and patients]. Aten Primaria 2018; 52:185-192. [PMID: 30522783 PMCID: PMC7063160 DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Objetivo Determinar el grado de empatía de residentes y tutores de medicina de familia. Saber si existe relación entre la empatía autopercibida por los médicos y la valorada por sus pacientes. Diseño Estudio observacional transversal mediante encuesta. Emplazamiento Unidad Docente de Atención Primaria, Madrid. Participantes Se envió una encuesta por correo electrónico a todos los tutores y residentes de familia de la Unidad Docente. Respondieron 50 residentes (39,4%) y 41 tutores (45%). Un total de 428 pacientes fueron captados de forma oportunista en un Centro de Salud. Se entrevistó a sus médicos. Mediciones principales La empatía se midió mediante la Escala de Empatía Médica de Jefferson y la Escala de Percepciones de los Pacientes sobre la Empatía Médica de Jefferson. Resultados Los tutores puntuaron 2,53 puntos más alto en empatía cognitiva que los residentes (p = 0,04). Las puntuaciones de la empatía emocional de los tutores son menores en aquellos de mayor edad (r = −0,32; p < 0,05). Los residentes españoles (el 82%) y sin experiencia laboral previa puntuaron más alto en empatía global (p = 0,02). Los residentes de último año obtuvieron calificaciones significativamente más bajas en empatía que el resto de sus compañeros. Se observó correlación positiva (r = 0,72; p = 0,01) entre la autopercepción de la empatía del profesional y la referida por sus pacientes. Conclusiones Los residentes con experiencia profesional previa, los de último año de residencia y los de origen latinoamericano presentan puntuaciones más bajas de empatía. Existe fuerte relación entre la empatía autopercibida por los médicos y la visión que sus pacientes tienen sobre la misma.
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Blanch-Hartigan D, Ruben MA, Hall JA, Schmid Mast M. Measuring nonverbal behavior in clinical interactions: A pragmatic guide. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2018; 101:2209-2218. [PMID: 30146408 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Understanding nonverbal behavior is key to the research, teaching, and practice of clinical communication. However, the measurement of nonverbal behavior can be complex and time-intensive. There are many decisions to make and factors to consider when coding nonverbal behaviors. METHODS Based on our experience conducting nonverbal behavior research in clinical interactions, we developed practical advice and strategies for coding nonverbal behavior in clinical communication, including a checklist of questions to consider for any nonverbal coding project. RESULTS We provide suggestions for beginning the nonverbal coding process, operationalizing the coding approach, and conducting the coding. CONCLUSION A key to decision-making around nonverbal behavior coding is establishing clear research questions and using these to guide the process. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS The field needs more coding of nonverbal behavior to better describe what happens in clinical interactions, to understand why nonverbal behaviors occur, and to determine the predictors and consequences of nonverbal behaviors in clinical interactions. A larger evidence base can inform better teaching practices and communication interventions.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, USA; Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
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- Department of Organizational Behavior, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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