Evaluation of communication skills of physicians about asthma.
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en Inglés
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-90565
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Communication skills in medical practice are important. To assess the communication skills of physicians about asthma, we undertook this study.METHODS:
One thousand four hundred and twenty one physicians attending the annual conference of association of physicians of India volunteered to participate in the study. They were divided into three categories. 'Teachers' group 1, (n = 131), 'Clinicians', group 2, (n = 951) and 'Students' group 3, (n = 339). Questionnaire containing ten most frequently asked questions by asthmatic patients were given to the physicians. A panel of three patients assessed the replies of these question and graded them as 'Convincing', 'Just convincing' and 'Not convincing'.RESULTS:
Replies of only 2% of physicians were graded as convincing, 15.6% just convincing and 82.4 as not convincing. Among group 1 none gave a convincing reply while replies of 2.2% of group 2 and 2.4% of group 3 were graded as convincing. The difference in results was not significant statistically on comparing the three groups (p > 0.1).CONCLUSIONS:
Communication skills are the integral part of patient care and management. Our study demonstrated lack of effective communication skills among physicians.
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IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental)
Asunto principal:
Relaciones Médico-Paciente
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Calidad de la Atención de Salud
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Asma
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Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Actitud del Personal de Salud
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Competencia Clínica
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios de evaluación
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Estudio pronóstico
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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