Do multimorbidity and deprivation influence patients' emotional expressions and doctors' responses in primary care consultations? – An exploratory study using multilevel analysis. Issue 9 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhou, Yuefang; Lundy, Jenna-Marie; Humphris, Gerry; Mercer, Stewart William
• Is Part Of: Patient education and counseling. Volume 98:Issue 9(2015)
• Page Start: 1063
• Page End: 1070
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Patient education -- Periodicals; Health counseling -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Patient Education -- Periodicals; Éducation des patients -- Périodiques; Counseling -- Périodiques; Éducation sanitaire -- Périodiques; 615.5071
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.05.026
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0738-3991

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">We video-recorded 107 primary care consultations.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">GPs were less likely overall to provide space as the consultation proceeded.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Multimorbid patients were less likely to express emotional distress explicitly.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">GPs were more likely to acknowledge emotions of patients in more deprived areas.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">Multimorbidity and deprivation affect the dynamics of the GP consultations.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>