Facial Mimicry and Doctor-Patient Satisfaction: The Feasibility of Artificial Empathy in a Clinical Video Data.

Autor:	Rahmanti AR; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.; International Center for Health Information Technology (ICHIT), Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.; Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia., Huang CW; International Center for Health Information Technology (ICHIT), Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan., Muhtar MS; Graduate Institute of Data Science, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan., Yang HC; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.; International Center for Health Information Technology (ICHIT), Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan., Li YJ; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.; International Center for Health Information Technology (ICHIT), Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.; Department of Dermatology, Wanfang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Studies in health technology and informatics [Stud Health Technol Inform] 2024 Jan 25; Vol. 310, pp. 1116-1120.
DOI:	10.3233/SHTI231138
Abstrakt:	Good nonverbal communication between doctor and patient is essential for achieving a successful and therapeutic doctor-patient relationship. Increasing evidence has shown that nonverbal communication mimicry, particularly facial mimicry, where one mirrors another's facial expressions, is linked to empathy and emotion recognition. Empathy is also the key driver of patient satisfaction. This study explores how facial expressions and facial mimicry influence doctor-patient satisfaction during a clinical encounter. We used a facial emotion recognition-based artificial empathy model to analyze 315 recorded clinical video data of doctors and patients in a dermatology outpatient clinic. The results show a significant negative correlation between patients' emotions of sadness and neutral and doctor satisfaction, but no correlation between the duration of doctors mimicking patient emotions and patient satisfaction. These findings provide valuable insights into the future design of systems that can further enhance clinician awareness to maintain communication skills in the search for better doctor-patient satisfaction.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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