Do patients' disruptive behaviours influence the accuracy of a doctor's diagnosis? A randomised experiment: Table 1
| Autor: | Kees van den Berge, Tim van der Zee, Paul L A van Daele, Stephanie Ce Schuit, Herman J Bueving, Henk G. Schmidt, Walter W. van den Broek, Sílvia Mamede, Tamara van Gog, Jan van Saase |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Consulting room 020205 medical informatics business.industry Health Policy Diagnostic accuracy 02 engineering and technology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Quality & Safety. 26:19-23 |
| ISSN: | 2044-5423 2044-5415 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004109 |
| Popis: | Background Literature suggests that patients who display disruptive behaviours in the consulting room fuel negative emotions in doctors. These emotions, in turn, are said to cause diagnostic errors. Evidence substantiating this claim is however lacking. The purpose of the present experiment was to study the effect of such difficult patients’ behaviours on doctors’ diagnostic performance. Methods We created six vignettes in which patients were depicted as difficult (displaying distressing behaviours) or neutral. Three clinical cases were deemed to be diagnostically simple and three deemed diagnostically complex. Sixty-three family practice residents were asked to evaluate the vignettes and make the patient's diagnosis quickly and then through deliberate reflection. In addition, amount of time needed to arrive at a diagnosis was measured. Finally, the participants rated the patient's likability. Results Mean diagnostic accuracy scores (range 0–1) were significantly lower for difficult than for neutral patients (0.54 vs 0.64; p=0.017). Overall diagnostic accuracy was higher for simple than for complex cases. Deliberate reflection upon the case improved initial diagnostic, regardless of case complexity and of patient behaviours (0.60 vs 0.68, p=0.002). Amount of time needed to diagnose the case was similar regardless of the patient's behaviour. Finally, average likability ratings were lower for difficult than for neutral-patient cases. Conclusions Disruptive behaviours displayed by patients seem to induce doctors to make diagnostic errors. Interestingly, the confrontation with difficult patients does however not cause the doctor to spend less time on such case. Time can therefore not be considered an intermediary between the way the patient is perceived, his or her likability and diagnostic performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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