Prevalence of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in patients with chronic pancreatitis without follow-up. PANCR-EVOL Study.

Background/objectives: Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is an important complication of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Guidelines recommend to rule out EPI in CP, to detect those patients who would benefit from pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of EPI in patients with CP without follow-up in the last 2 years and to describe their nutritional status and quality of life (QoL).

Physician-patient communication: a study on the observed behaviours of specialty physicians and the ways their patients perceive them.

Objective: To explore the communicative behaviours as used by specialty physicians, and their patients' perception of the communicative act as well as their satisfaction with the encounter.

Methods: Cross-sectional study involving 27 specialty physicians and 257 outpatients. Encounters were video-recorded and analysed through the GATHA-ESP scale.