Communication and patient participation influencing patient recall of treatment discussions.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Patient recall of treatment information is a key variable towards chronic disease (CD) management. It is unclear what communication and patient participation characteristics predict recall.

Objectives

To assess what aspects of doctor-patient communication predict patient recall of medication information. To describe lifestyle treatment recall, in CD primary care patients.

Design

Observational study within a RCT.

Setting & participants

Community-based primary care (PC) practices. Family physicians (n=18): practicing >5 years, with a CD patient caseload. Patients (n=159): >40 years old, English speaking, computer literate, off-target hypertension, type II diabetes and/or dyslipidaemia.

Main variables

Patient characteristics: age, education, number

SUBMITTER: Richard C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513012 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature