Visual causal models enhance clinical explanations of treatments for generalized anxiety disorder
| Autor: | Daniel J. Paulus, Kelly A. Judge, Jake T. Jordan, Danielle Khalife, Nancy S. Kim, Jennelle E. Yopchick |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Models Educational Health (social science) Generalized anxiety disorder media_common.quotation_subject Health literacy Library and Information Sciences 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Presentation 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial Patient Education as Topic law medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Causal model Audiovisual Aids Communication 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Anxiety Disorders Health Literacy Comprehension Mood Female Causal reasoning Psychology Clinical psychology Boston Follow-Up Studies Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Communication |
| ISSN: | 1087-0415 |
| Popis: | A daily challenge in clinical practice is to adequately explain disorders and treatments to patients of varying levels of literacy in a time-limited situation. Drawing jointly upon research on causal reasoning and multimodal theory, the authors asked whether adding visual causal models to clinical explanations promotes patient learning. Participants were 86 people currently or formerly diagnosed with a mood disorder and 104 lay people in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, who were randomly assigned to receive either a visual causal model (dual-mode) presentation or auditory-only presentation of an explanation about generalized anxiety disorder and its treatment. Participants' knowledge was tested before, immediately after, and 4 weeks after the presentation. Patients and lay people learned significantly more from visual causal model presentations than from auditory-only presentations, and visual causal models were perceived to be helpful. Participants retained some information 4 weeks after the presentation, although the advantage of visual causal models did not persist in the long term. In conclusion, dual-mode presentations featuring visual causal models yield significant relative gains in patient comprehension immediately after the clinical session, at a time when the authors suggest that patients may be most willing to begin the recommended treatment plan. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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