Does GP empathy influence patient enablement and success in lifestyle change among high risk patients?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic lifestyle-related-diseases can be prevented by healthy lifestyle. Patients at high risk of disease may benefit from targeted health checks in general practice. However, general-practice-based-studies have shown that patient outcome, enablement, and well-being may be influenced by general practitioner (GP) empathy. The aim of this study is to investigate 1) how high risk patients evaluate their GPs' empathy during a health check consultation, 2) whether the perceived GP empathy is associated with the patient's enablement in immediate continuation of the health check consultation and 3) the patient's subsequent lifestyle changes.

Methods

This study is part of a population based non-randomized feasibility study testing a complex intervention that systematical

SUBMITTER: Hansen CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7415174 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature