Resident Physician Empathy and Health Literacy Communications Associated with Diabetes Control

  • سال انتشار: 1403
  • محل انتشار: فصلنامه سواد سلامت، دوره: 8، شماره: 4
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_JHL-8-4_008
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 36
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نویسندگان

Kelly Morton

Psychology, Family Medicine, Loma Linda University

Flynn Patricia M.

Department of Psychology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University

Jeffrey Cho

Department of Family Medicine, Loma Linda University

Ihuoma Chukwueke

Department of Family Medicine, Loma Linda University

چکیده

Background and Objective: One third of U.S. adults struggle to understand health related information. To enhance patient understanding and outcomes, resident physicians must adapt communications to the patient’s health literacy level. These communications are particularly important when treating the patient for diabetes that requires intensive self-management.  The present study examined diverse patients’ perceptions of resident physicians’ communications after resident health literacy communication training. Materials and methods: We examined the association between patient perceptions of resident physician’s communications and diabetes control in a cross-sectional, correlational study in a convenience sample or patients with diabetes who consented to the survey within a month of clinic visits. After resident physician training, ۱۶۰ Medicaid managed care adults seen at a Federally Qualified Health Center for type ۲ diabetes were invited to complete a one-page survey on patient-provider communications (i.e., empathy, health literacy from Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems), treatment understanding, and diabetes control in ۲۰۱۸. Clinic staff recorded HbA۱c upon survey completion with no patient identifiers and data were analyzed with logistic regression.  Results: Non-Latino White and English-speaking Latino American patients rated resident physicians higher in empathy and health literate communications than Spanish-speaking Latino Americans. Patient perceptions of resident physician empathy and health literate communications were associated with diabetes treatment plan confidence. Patient perceptions of resident physician empathy were associated with diabetes control.  Conclusions: Empathetic resident physician communications consistent with health literacy levels may improve patients’ understanding of the self-management required for diabetes control. Investing in training programs that target physician communication skills that are empathic and consistent with the patient’s health literacy may improve diabetes control by encouraging dialogue and shared decision making about the treatment plan.

کلیدواژه ها

primary care residents, physician training, underserved, Diabetes

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