What Encourages Patients to Recommend Their Doctor After an Online Medical Consultation? The Influence of Patient-Centered Communication, Trust, and Negative Health Information Seeking Experiences.

The doctor-patient relationship in China has become increasingly tense, with patients lacking trust in doctors. Meanwhile, online healthcare flourished, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study utilized the direct and indirect pathway model of clinician-patient communication to health outcomes and online trust theory to examine the associations between online patient-centered communication (OPCC), benevolence and ability trust in doctors, negative online health information seeking experiences, and willingness to recommend doctors.

How communicative environments affect college students' mental health help-seeking during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study.

: This study explores how interpersonal communication environments (eg family, patient-provider, and online communication environments) affect college students' mental help-seeking during COVID-19. : Based on Social Cognitive Theory, we conducted a cross-sectional survey assessing participants' mental help-seeking attitudes, self-stigma, self-efficacy, and readiness, as well as their communication experiences with their families, healthcare providers, and online environments. Four hundred fifty-six student participants were recruited.

Perspectives on Non-Prescription Antibiotic Use among Hispanic Patients in the Houston Metroplex.

Background: Non-prescription antibiotic use includes taking an antibiotic without medical guidance (e.g., leftovers, from friends/relatives, or purchased without a prescription).

Antibiotic Use Without a Prescription: A Multisite Survey of Patient, Health System, and Encounter Characteristics.

Background: Using antibiotics without a prescription is potentially unsafe and may increase the risk of antimicrobial resistance. We evaluated the effect of patient, health system, and clinical encounter factors on intention to use antibiotics without a prescription that were (1) purchased in the United States, (2) obtained from friends or relatives, (3) purchased abroad, or (4) from any of these sources.

Methods: The survey was performed January 2020-June 2021 in 6 publicly funded primary care clinics and 2 private emergency departments in Texas, United States.

Using Wearable Sensors to Measure Goal Achievement in Older Veterans with Dementia.

Aligning treatment with patients' self-determined goals and health priorities is challenging in dementia care. Wearable-based remote health monitoring may facilitate determining the active participation of individuals with dementia towards achieving the determined goals. The present study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of using wearables to assess healthcare goals set by older adults with cognitive impairment.

Patients' Experiences with Cancer Care: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic heightened the psychosocial impact of a cancer diagnosis as patients face concerns about the risk of infection and serious disease and uncertainties about the impact on their treatment. We conducted an online survey (n = 317) and focus groups (n = 19) with patients to examine their experiences with cancer care during the pandemic. Most survey respondents (68%) reported one or more disruptions or delays in care, including appointments switched to telehealth (49%).

Managing uncertainty and responding to difficult emotions: Cancer patients' perspectives on clinician response during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: Patients undergoing cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic have experienced stress and uncertainty with respect to disruptions in cancer care and COVID-19 related risks. We examined whether clinicians' responsiveness to patients' uncertainty and difficult emotions were associated with better health and well-being.

Methods: Patients were recruited from cancer support communities and a market research firm.

Understanding the pathways linking patient-centered communication to cancer survivors' emotional health: examining the mediating roles of self-efficacy and cognitive reappraisal.

Purpose: Many cancer survivors commonly face psychological health issues upon cancer diagnosis, both during and after treatment. Patient-centered communication can play an important role in improving health outcomes among cancer survivors across the cancer continuum. The current study examined the influence of patient-centered communication on self-efficacy in managing health, cognitive reappraisal, and emotional distress among cancer survivors.

Oncology patients' communication experiences during COVID-19: comparing telehealth consultations to in-person visits.

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic created significant disruptions in cancer care, much of which was transitioned to telehealth. Because telehealth alters the way clinicians and patients interact with one another, this investigation examined patients' perceptions of their communication with clinicians during the pandemic.

Method: Patients were recruited from the Cancer Support Community, Fight Colorectal Cancer, and a market research firm to participate in an online survey.

Acceptability and feasibility of video-based coaching to enhance clinicians' communication skills with patients.

Background: Despite a growing call to train clinicians in interpersonal communication skills, communication training is either not offered or is minimally effective, if at all. A critical need exists to develop new ways of teaching communication skills that are effective and mindful of clinician time pressures. We propose a program that includes real-time observation and video-based coaching to teach clinician communication skills.

Perceptions of Conflicting Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Women: a Multimethod Study.

Background: Conflicting breast cancer screening recommendations have the potential to diminish informed decision making about screening.

Objective: We examined the knowledge, attitudes, and intentions related to divergent recommendations for breast cancer screening among racially/ethnically diverse women.

Design: We used a multimethod study design employing focus groups and questionnaires.

Empowering patients with the PREPARE advance care planning program results in reciprocal clinician communication.

Background: The patient-directed PREPAREforYourCare.org program empowers patients to participate in advance care planning (ACP) discussions with clinicians. Our goal was to determine whether PREPARE could reciprocally increase clinician ACP communication.