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Atkinson MK, Wazir M, Barkoudah E, Khalil H, Mani S, Harrison JD, Yao-Cohen E, Weiss R, To C, Bambury EA, Cimino J, Mora R, Maru J, Curatola N, Juergens N, Schnipper JL. Inpatient Understanding of Their Care Team and Receipt of Mixed Messages: a Two-Site Cross-Sectional Study. J Gen Intern Med 2023; 38:2703-2709. [PMID: 36973573 PMCID: PMC10042424 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08178-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patient understanding of their care, supported by physician involvement and consistent communication, is key to positive health outcomes. However, patient and care team characteristics can hinder this understanding. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess inpatients' understanding of their care and their perceived receipt of mixed messages, as well as the associated patient, care team, and hospitalization characteristics. DESIGN We administered a 30-item survey to inpatients between February 2020 and November 2021 and incorporated other hospitalization data from patients' health records. PARTICIPANTS Randomly selected inpatients at two urban academic hospitals in the USA who were (1) admitted to general medicine services and (2) on or past the third day of their hospitalization. MAIN MEASURES Outcome measures include (1) knowledge of main doctor and (2) frequency of mixed messages. Potential predictors included mean notes per day, number of consultants involved in the patient's care, number of unit transfers, number of attending physicians, length of stay, age, sex, insurance type, and primary race. KEY RESULTS A total of 172 patients participated in our survey. Most patients were unaware of their main doctor, an issue related to more daily interactions with care team members. Twenty-three percent of patients reported receiving mixed messages at least sometimes, most often between doctors on the primary team and consulting doctors. However, the likelihood of receiving mixed messages decreased with more daily interactions with care team members. CONCLUSIONS Patients were often unaware of their main doctor, and almost a quarter perceived receiving mixed messages about their care. Future research should examine patients' understanding of different aspects of their care, and the nature of interactions that might improve clarity around who's in charge while simultaneously reducing the receipt of mixed messages.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mariam Krikorian Atkinson
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, UVA Health, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Audétat MC, Cairo Notari S, Sader J, Ritz C, Fassier T, Sommer JM, Nendaz M, Caire-Fon N. Understanding the clinical reasoning processes involved in the management of multimorbidity in an ambulatory setting: study protocol of a stimulated recall research. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2021; 21:31. [PMID: 33413342 PMCID: PMC7792096 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02459-w] [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] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Primary care physicians are at the very heart of managing patients suffering from multimorbidity. However, several studies have highlighted that some physicians feel ill-equipped to manage these kinds of complex clinical situations. Few studies are available on the clinical reasoning processes at play during the long-term management and follow-up of patients suffering from multimorbidity. This study aims to contribute to a better understanding on how the clinical reasoning of primary care physicians is affected during follow-up consultations with these patients. METHODS A qualitative research project based on semi-structured interviews with primary care physicians in an ambulatory setting will be carried out, using the video stimulated recall interview method. Participants will be filmed in their work environment during a standard consultation with a patient suffering from multimorbidity using a "button camera" (small camera) which will be pinned to their white coat. The recording will be used in a following semi-structured interview with physicians and the research team to instigate a stimulated recall. Stimulated recall is a research method that allows the investigation of cognitive processes by inviting participants to recall their concurrent thinking during an event when prompted by a video sequence recall. During this interview, participants will be prompted by different video sequence and asked to discuss them; the aim will be to encourage them to make their clinical reasoning processes explicit. Fifteen to twenty interviews are planned to reach data saturation. The interviews will be transcribed verbatim and data will be analysed according to a standard content analysis, using deductive and inductive approaches. CONCLUSION Study results will contribute to the scientific community's overall understanding of clinical reasoning. This will subsequently allow future generation of primary care physicians to have access to more adequate trainings to manage patients suffering from multimorbidity in their practice. As a result, this will improve the quality of the patient's care and treatments.
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- M-C Audétat
- Primary Care Institut (iuMFE), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CMU 5-6, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Unit of Development and Research in Medical Education (UDREM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
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- Primary Care Institut (iuMFE), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CMU 5-6, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Unit of Development and Research in Medical Education (UDREM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Primary Care Institut (iuMFE), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CMU 5-6, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Unit of Development and Research in Medical Education (UDREM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Division of Internal Medicine for the elderly, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Primary Care Institut (iuMFE), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CMU 5-6, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Unit of Development and Research in Medical Education (UDREM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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