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Effect of patient-centered communication training on discussion and detection of nonadherence in glaucoma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20207417     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To assess communication about adherence and to determine the impact of communication skills training on physicians' approach to nonadherence. DESIGN: Sociolinguistic analysis of videotaped community ophthalmologists' encounters with patients with glaucoma before and after training. Patients in both phases and physicians in phase I knew communication was being studied but not what the focus of the study was. In phase II, physicians knew the targeted communication behaviors. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-three ophthalmologists and 100 regularly scheduled patients with glaucoma (50 per phase). METHODS: An educational program with videotaped vignettes of simulated patient encounters using audience response and role play to teach patient-centered communication skills, including a 4-step adherence assessment and the use of open-ended questions in ask-tell-ask sequences. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Physician eliciting an acknowledgment of nonadherence during a clinical encounter compared with acknowledgment of nonadherence during a postvisit research interview (primary outcome), and performance of targeted communication and substantive discussion of adherence. RESULTS: After intervention, physicians increased the proportion of open-ended questions (15% vs 6%; P = 0.001) and specifically about medication taking (82% compared with 18% of encounters; P<0.001). Compared with the absence of ask-tell-ask communication, 32% of phase II encounters included a complete ask-tell-ask sequence, 78% included an ask-tell sequence, and 32% a tell-ask sequence (P<0.001). Three of 4 steps for assessment of adherence were more common in phase II, and substantial discussions of adherence occurred in 86% versus 30% of encounters (P<0.001). In phase II, physicians elicited acknowledgment of nonadherence in 78% (7/9) of those who acknowledged nonadherence in the postvisit interview compared with 25% in phase I (3/12; P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that experienced community physicians significantly improved their communication strategies and ability to detect and address nonadherence after a 3-hour educational program. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S): Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found after the references.
Authors:
Steven R Hahn; David S Friedman; Harry A Quigley; Sameer Kotak; Elizabeth Kim; Meaghan Onofrey; Corey Eagan; Jack Mardekian
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-03-07
Journal Detail:
Title:  Ophthalmology     Volume:  117     ISSN:  1549-4713     ISO Abbreviation:  Ophthalmology     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-08     Completed Date:  2010-07-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802443     Medline TA:  Ophthalmology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1339-47.e6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 American Academy of Ophthalmology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10461, USA. steveroost@aol.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Communication
Education, Medical, Continuing*
Female
Glaucoma / drug therapy*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ophthalmology / education*
Patient Compliance / psychology*
Patient Education as Topic
Patient-Centered Care / methods*
Physician-Patient Relations*

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