Physician-patient communication. Understanding congenital heart disease
| Autor: | Spencer F. Johnson, Charlotte Ferencz, Robert McCarter, Gail Goodman Kaden |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Heart Defects
Congenital Male Parents Educational measurement Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease media_common.quotation_subject Mothers Ignorance Bivariate analysis Health care medicine Humans Medical diagnosis media_common Contingency table business.industry Infant medicine.disease Comprehension Socioeconomic Factors Female Educational Measurement business Attitude to Health Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | American journal of diseases of children (1960). 139(10) |
| ISSN: | 0002-922X |
| Popis: | • Mothers' descriptions of their childrens' congenital heart disease were compared with cardiologists' diagnoses. Maternal understanding was examined with respect to 21 factors using bivariate contingency tables and multiple regression analyses. Of 285 mothers, 36% demonstrated poor comprehension. Maternal understanding was associated with sociodemographic variables but not with factors related to stress. All variables taken in concert that were predictive of understanding explained less than 13% of the variability in maternal knowledge. Distorted perceptions of congenital heart disease may cause unnecessary anxieties, inappropriate restrictions, and impairment of the child's self-perception. The bizarre nature of some of the mothers' incorrect descriptions and the accuracy of responses of mothers in biologic and health care occupations suggest that fundamental ignorance of the cardiovascular system may be of such importance as to minimize the impact of other variables. ( AJDC 1985;139:995-999) |
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