Triadic Communication in Medical Encounters Including Individuals With Dementia: A Scoping Review.

Purpose: The overall goal of this review was to identify what is known about triadic (clinician-patient-caregiver) communication in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia care settings throughout the care continuum.

Methods: Using a structured search, we conducted a systematic scoping review of relevant published journal articles across 5 databases. Study titles/abstracts and selected full-text articles were screened by 2 investigators in Covidence systematic review software.

Integrating patient-centeredness into online patient-clinician communication: a qualitative analysis of clinicians' secure messaging usage.

Purpose: Patient-centered communication (PCC) in cancer care is helpful to nurture the patient-clinician relationship and respond to patients' emotions. However, it is unknown how PCC is incorporated into electronic patient-clinician communication.

Methods: In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with clinicians were conducted to understand how PCC was integrated into asynchronous communication between patients and clinicians; otherwise, known as secure messaging.

Adult sibling-related experiences while caring for a parent diagnosed with a blood cancer.

Introduction: An older parent's blood cancer diagnosis impacts the entire family system, including adult siblings, an often overlooked subsystem of the family. Yet, adult siblings are typically involved in their parents' care needs. We explored sibling-related experiences adult child caregivers identify while caring for a parent diagnosed with a blood cancer to capture information useful for caregiving intervention development.

Improving Clinical and Family Communication for Adult Child Caregivers of a Parent With a Blood Cancer: Single-Arm Pre-Post Pilot Intervention.

Background: Adult child caregivers of parents with cancer may face challenges when communicating with the patient and other family members, communicating during clinical interactions, and navigating web-based information seeking.

Objective: We developed and pilot-tested the Healthy Communication Practice program for adult child caregivers of parents with a blood cancer, which aims to help participants learn and implement communication skills central to caregiving. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of the training.

Clinicians' Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Communicating Electronically with Patients: A Grounded Practical Theory Approach.

Secure messaging (SM), asynchronous communication between patients and clinicians, is an increasingly popular tool among patients to contact clinicians about their care. Despite patients' enthusiasm, clinicians have been hesitant to embrace the technology to communicate with patients. Using the theoretical and methodological framework of Grounded Practical Theory (GPT), we analyzed and interpreted clinicians' perceptions, attitudes, and approaches toward SM to communicate with patients.

Clinicians' Perceptions of the Benefits and Challenges of Teleoncology as Experienced Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study.

Background: COVID-19 thrust both patients and clinicians to use telemedicine in place of traditional in-person visits. Prepandemic, limited research had examined clinician-patient communication in telemedicine visits. The shift to telemedicine in oncology, or teleoncology, has placed attention on how the technology can be utilized to provide care for patients with cancer.

Blood cancer caregiving during COVID-19: understanding caregivers' needs.

The COVID-19 pandemic likely exacerbated caregiving challenges for caregivers of parents diagnosed with a blood cancer. Providing care during a public health crisis presents a complex web of uncertainties regarding cancer care, personal health, and COVID-19 risk. Identifying caregivers' uncertainty experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic can be a first step in learning where to direct resources or alter policies to ensure that they can not only perform their caregiver role but also cope in health-promoting ways.