An Examination of Psychosocial Beliefs and Communication Orientation in Cardiologists
Başlık:
An Examination of Psychosocial Beliefs and Communication Orientation in Cardiologists
Yazar:
Jimenez, Crystal L., author.
ISBN:
9780438025080
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 electronic resource (67 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: B.
Advisors: Bruce Bongar Committee members: Matthew Cordova; Wendy Packman.
Özet:
Empirical literature has identified mental health disorders as independent risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease. Moreover, psychosocial factors influence patient behaviors regarding treatment adherence and healthy behavioral changes, including diet, exercise, and smoking cessation. As psychosocial issues are found to be risk factors for poor prognosis and treatment adherence issues for patients with cardiovascular disease, it is important to examine cardiologists' beliefs about assessing psychosocial issues in their patients and their approach in communicating with their patients, in an effort to understand possible factors that could assist medical providers in promoting both positive physical and mental health outcomes in cardiovascular disease patient population.
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the self-reported beliefs of 26 cardiologists and cardiology fellows in assessing for psychological issues in their patients, as measured by the Physician Belief Scale (PBS), and their communication orientation with their patients, using the Patient Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS) and whether previous continuing medical education (CME) trainings in both psychological assessment and communication were predictors of both psychosocial beliefs and communication orientation in cardiologists. Pearson correlation showed a significant negative relationship between cardiologists' psychosocial beliefs and communication orientation, with positive psychosocial beliefs associated with patient-centered communication orientation. Most cardiologists in this study did not endorse receiving previous CME training in psychological assessment or communication skills, thus regression analyses, with CME trainings as predictors, were not significant. However, many cardiologists indicated interest in receiving a brief 1-hour training in psychological assessment and effective communication with patients, which suggests cardiologists are interested in increasing knowledge and skills to improve aspects of patient care and health outcomes. Previous research from studies on primary care and internal medicine physicians' attitudes found their psychosocial beliefs were associated with communication orientation and the current study expands this finding to include cardiologists' perspectives.
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School code: 1569
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