Relationships as Medicine: Quality of the Physician-Patient Relationship Determines Physician Influence on Treatment Recommendation Adherence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether quality of physician-patient relationships influences uptake of physician treatment recommendations in men with clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa).

Study setting

Data were collected July 2010 to August 2014 at two cancer centers and three community facilities.

Study design

Analyses were prospective and cross-sectional. We modeled associations between quality of the patient-physician relationship and influence of physician recommendations on treatment choice using generalized estimating equations (GEE).

Data collection

Data were collected via survey and medical record abstraction.

Principal findings

Participants (N = 1166) were 14.7 percent minority; 37.1 percent had low-, 47.5 percent had intermediate-, and 15.4 per

SUBMITTER: Orom H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785307 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature