Measurement of physician-patient communication--a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective communication with health care providers has been found as relevant for physical and psychological health outcomes as well as the patients' adherence. However, the validity of the findings depends on the quality of the applied measures. This study aimed to provide an overview of measures of physician-patient communication and to evaluate the methodological quality of psychometric studies and the quality of psychometric properties of the identified measures.

Methods

A systematic review was performed to identify psychometrically tested instruments which measure physician-patient communication. The search strategy included three databases (EMBASE, PsycINFO, PubMed), reference and citation tracking and personal knowledge. Studies that report the psychometric

SUBMITTER: Zill JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4273948 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature