How Much Information Is Too Much? An Experimental Examination of How Information Disclosures May Unintentionally Encourage the Withholding of Health Information.

Introduction: Information disclosures are used in medicine to provide patients with relevant information. This research examines whether patients are less likely to discuss medical conditions with their physicians after seeing an insurance information disclosure.

Methods: Three experimental studies with nonprobability online samples (n = 875 US adult participants) examined the impact of information disclosures on patients' likelihood of disclosing symptoms to providers, using new symptoms and preexisting chronic conditions.

Increasing Inclusivity and Reducing Reactance During Provider-Patient Interactions.

Background: Significant health disparities exist for trans and gender-nonconforming patients, in part caused by a reduced likelihood of seeking health care due to experienced discrimination in health care settings. Increasing inclusivity in patient-provider interactions can decrease barriers to care seeking for these patients, but such advice to providers must be simple to implement and account for potential backlash among certain patient subgroups.

Methods: In 3 studies, we use online samples to experimentally test patient reactions to 2 methods of provider inclusivity signaling: verbal sharing of the provider's pronouns and request for the patient's pronouns (a method frequently suggested in the literature) and the provider wearing a pin indicating their pronouns without verbal sharing or requesting that the patient share their pronouns.

Physicians' flawed heuristics in the delivery room.

Delivery complications can influence later decision-making.

Association Between Actual and Perceived U.S. COVID-19 Policies and Preventive Behavior.

Background: COVID-19 related policies in the USA can be confusing: some states, but not others, implemented mask mandates mid-pandemic, and states reopened their economies to different levels with different timelines after initial shutdowns.

Purpose: The current research asks: How well does the public's perception of such policies align with actual policies, and how well do actual versus perceived policies predict the public's mask-wearing and social distancing behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Methods: We conducted a preregistered cross-sectional study among 1,073 online participants who were representative of the U.S.

Impact of caring for children with medical complexity and high resource use on family quality of life.

Purpose: This study examined the impact of caring for children with medical complexity (CMC) and high resource use on family quality of life (QoL).

Methods: Families of CMC enrolled in a complex care program completed the PedsQL Family Impact module (PedsQL FIM) and Healthcare Satisfaction module (PedsQL HCS) at enrollment then 1 and 2 years after enrollment. Tertiary center resource utilization and staff care coordination time were collected for the two years.