Publications by authors named "S Gertsman"
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- Medical students often experience a decline in clinical empathy during training, despite its numerous benefits for both patients and doctors.
- A qualitative study involved focus groups with chronic illness patients in Canada to develop a model of clinical empathy for medical education.
- Findings indicated that perceived physician empathy improved patients' health care experiences and mental health, while a lack of empathy led to negative outcomes and increased resource use.
Psychiatric disorders are 1.5 to 2 times more prevalent in persons with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than in the general population, with pooled prevalence estimates of 21% for clinical anxiety and 15% for depression. Rates are even higher when considering mental health symptoms, as nearly one-third of persons with IBD experience elevated anxiety symptoms and one-quarter experience depression symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSex (the physical and physiologic effects resulting from having specific combinations of sex chromosomes) and gender (sex-associated behaviours, expectations, identities, and roles) significantly affect the course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the experience of living with IBD. Sex-influenced physiologic states, like puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and andropause/menopause may also impact and be impacted by IBD. While neither Crohn's disease nor ulcerative colitis is commonly considered sex-determined illnesses, the relative incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis between males and females varies over the life cycle.
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