Effects of Physicians' Information Giving on Patient Outcomes: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing diagnostic and treatment information to patients is a core clinical skill, but evidence for the effectiveness of different information-giving strategies is inconsistent. This systematic review aimed to investigate the reported effects of empirically tested communication strategies for providing information on patient-related outcomes: information recall and (health-related) behaviors.

Methods

The databases MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO (Ovid), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and relevant bibliographies were systematically searched from the inception to April 24, 2020, without restrictions, for articles testing information-giving strategies for physicians (PROSPERO ID: CRD42019115791). Pairs of independent reviewers identified randomized contr

SUBMITTER: Lie HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8858343 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature