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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedMorrone KA, Manwani D, Cabana MD
Efficient clinical counseling for sickle cell disease.
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a chronic illness that requires frequent health care visits for preventative management. Aims of this overview were to review challenges faced in outpatient subspecialty medicine and describe evidence-based techniques for more effective communication for patients with sickle cell anemia.
AHRQ-funded; HS025297.
Citation: Morrone KA, Manwani D, Cabana MD .
Efficient clinical counseling for sickle cell disease.
J Natl Med Assoc 2021 Aug;113(4):382-87. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2021.01.006..
Keywords: Sickle Cell Disease, Chronic Conditions, Clinician-Patient Communication, Communication, Patient Adherence/Compliance
Pack AP, Golin CE, Hill LM
Patient and clinician perspectives on optimizing graphical displays of longitudinal medication adherence data.
This study looked into the value of using graphical display prototypes of hypothetical daily drug concentrations measured in hair for patients to assess their medication adherence. Investigators surveyed 30 HIV-positive patients and 29 clinicians to assess their preferences for three different prototypes. Patients and clinicians generally found the prototypes acceptable, but clinicians largely preferred daily drug concentrations in bar graph display. Patients with lower health literacy had trouble understanding the link between medication-taking and drug concentrations in hair and also preferred pictographs over bar or line graphs.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032.
Citation: Pack AP, Golin CE, Hill LM .
Patient and clinician perspectives on optimizing graphical displays of longitudinal medication adherence data.
Patient Educ Couns 2019 Jun;102(6):1090-97. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.12.029..
Keywords: Clinician-Patient Communication, Communication, Health Literacy, Medication, Patient Adherence/Compliance, Provider, Provider: Clinician
Flickinger TE, Saha S, Roter D
Clinician empathy is associated with differences in patient-clinician communication behaviors and higher medication self-efficacy in HIV care.
The researchers examined associations of clinicians' empathy with patient-clinician communication behaviors, patients' rating of care, and medication self-efficacy. They found that clinicians in the highest vs. lowest empathy tertile engaged in less explicitly emotional talk, while clinicians in the middle vs. lowest engaged in more positive talk, more questions, and more patient activating talk, while patients of higher empathy clinicians disclosed more psychosocial and biomedical information. They further found that patients of clinicians in both the middle and highest (vs. lowest) empathy tertiles had greater odds of reporting highest medication self-efficacy.
AHRQ-funded; HS013903.
Citation: Flickinger TE, Saha S, Roter D .
Clinician empathy is associated with differences in patient-clinician communication behaviors and higher medication self-efficacy in HIV care.
Patient Educ Couns 2016 Feb;99(2):220-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.09.001.
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Keywords: Communication, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Medication, Patient Adherence/Compliance, Clinician-Patient Communication
Norton BL, Person AK, Castillo C
Barriers to using text message appointment reminders in an HIV clinic.
The researchers conducted a randomized, controlled trial of text message reminders in a large HIV clinic. They found that there were no differences in clinic attendance rates between the group that received text reminders versus the group that did not (72 versus 81 percent). They concluded that barriers must be addressed before they are used as a universal approach to improve clinic attendance.
AHRQ-funded; HS000079.
Citation: Norton BL, Person AK, Castillo C .
Barriers to using text message appointment reminders in an HIV clinic.
Telemed J E Health 2014 Jan;20(1):86-9. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0275..
Keywords: Communication, Health Information Technology (HIT), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Patient Adherence/Compliance