Understanding the interplay of cancer patients' instrumental concerns and emotions
| Autor: | Margot J. van der Goot, Annemiek J. Linn, Edith G. Smit, Julia C.M. van Weert, Kim Brandes |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Persuasive Communication (ASCoR, FMG), Communication, FMG |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Emotional communication Doctor patient communication 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Physicians Adaptation Psychological Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Survivors Referral and Consultation Qualitative Research media_common Aged Netherlands Physician-Patient Relations Operationalization Communication Videotape Recording General Medicine Focus Groups Middle Aged Focus group Sadness Conceptual framework 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis The Conceptual Framework Female Psychology Social psychology Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Patient Education and Counseling, 100(5), 839-845. Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1873-5134 0738-3991 |
| Popis: | Objective1) to assess patients’ descriptions of concerns, and 2) to inform a conceptual framework in which the impact of the nature of concerns on doctor-patient communication is specified.MethodsSix focus groups were conducted with 39 cancer patients and survivors. In these focus groups participants were asked to describe their concerns during and after their illness.ResultsConcerns were described as instrumental concerns (e.g., receiving insufficient information) and emotions (e.g., sadness). Patients frequently explained their concerns as an interplay of instrumental concerns and emotions. Examples of the interplay were “receiving incorrect information” and “frustration”, and “difficulties with searching, finding and judging of information” and “fear”.ConclusionInstrumental concerns need to be taken into account in the operationalization of concerns in research. Based on the interplay, the conceptual framework suggests that patients can express instrumental concerns as emotions and emotions as instrumental concerns. Consequently, providers can respond with instrumental and emotional communication when patients express an interplay of concerns.Practice implicationsThe results of this study can be used to support providers in recognizing concerns that are expressed by patients in consultations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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