{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Amelung D"],"funding":["Houston VA HSR&amp;D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety","Cancer Research UK","NIHR CLAHRC North Thames","Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["198-208"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7057803"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["29(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Most cancers are diagnosed following contact with primary care. Patients diagnosed with cancer often see their doctor multiple times with potentially relevant symptoms before being referred to see a specialist, suggesting missed opportunities during doctor-patient conversations.<h4>Objective</h4>To understand doctor-patient communication around the significance of persistent or new presenting problems and its potential impact on timely cancer diagnosis.<h4>Research design</h4>Qualitative thematic analysis based on video recordings of doctor-patient consultations in primary care and follow-up interviews with patients and doctors. 80 video observations, 20 patient interviews and 7 doctor interviews across 7 general practices in England.<h4>Results</h4>We found that timelin"],"journal":["BMJ quality & safety"],"pubmed_title":["Influence of doctor-patient conversations on behaviours of patients presenting to primary care with new or persistent symptoms: a video observation study."],"pmcid":["PMC7057803"],"funding_grant_id":["CIN 13-413","23385","24047","C33872/A24047","C8640/A23385","203921/Z/16/Z"],"pubmed_authors":["Whitaker KL","Singh H","Ogden M","Walter FM","Lennard D","Sheringham J","Amelung D","Black G","Zhou Y","Vincent C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Influence of doctor-patient conversations on behaviours of patients presenting to primary care with new or persistent symptoms: a video observation study.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Most cancers are diagnosed following contact with primary care. Patients diagnosed with cancer often see their doctor multiple times with potentially relevant symptoms before being referred to see a specialist, suggesting missed opportunities during doctor-patient conversations.<h4>Objective</h4>To understand doctor-patient communication around the significance of persistent or new presenting problems and its potential impact on timely cancer diagnosis.<h4>Research design</h4>Qualitative thematic analysis based on video recordings of doctor-patient consultations in primary care and follow-up interviews with patients and doctors. 80 video observations, 20 patient interviews and 7 doctor interviews across 7 general practices in England.<h4>Results</h4>We found that timelin","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Mar","modification":"2026-07-15T15:44:19.661Z","creation":"2026-07-06T03:11:44.685Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7057803","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31326946"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009485"]}}