Effect of Clinician Posture on Patient Perceptions of Communication in the Inpatient Setting: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonverbal communication plays a pivotal role in the provision of effective patient care and has been associated with important patient health outcomes. Clinician posture, a nonverbal form of communication, may influence the patient experience and satisfaction. The relationship between clinician posture (i.e., standing or at the patient's eye level) and patient perceptions of clinician communication in the hospital-a setting with heightened power dynamics between patient and clinician-is currently unknown.

Methods

We conducted searches of Ovid MEDLINE, EBSCO CINAHL Complete, EBSCO PsycInfo, Elsevier Embase/Embase Classic, Elsevier Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection up to May 2023. English language studies were included if they compared clinician posture (ey

SUBMITTER: Houchens N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618274 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature