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Effective physician-patient communication and health outcomes: a review

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• ¹ Thames Valley Family Practice Research Unit, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London.

• PMID: 7728691
• PMCID: PMC1337906

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M A Stewart. CMAJ. 1995.

• ¹ Thames Valley Family Practice Research Unit, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London.

• PMID: 7728691
• PMCID: PMC1337906

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Objective: To ascertain whether the quality of physician-patient communication makes a significant difference to patient health outcomes.

Data sources: The MEDLINE database was searched for articles published from 1983 to 1993 using "physician-patient relations" as the primary medical subject heading. Several bibliographies and conference proceedings were also reviewed.

Study selection: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and analytic studies of physician-patient communication in which patient health was an outcome variable.

Data extraction: The following information was recorded about each study: sample size, patient characteristics, clinical setting, elements of communication assessed, patient outcomes measured, and direction and significance of any association found between aspects of communication and patient outcomes.

Data synthesis: Of the 21 studies that met the final criteria for review, 16 reported positive results, 4 reported negative (i.e., nonsignificant) results, and 1 was inconclusive. The quality of communication both in the history-taking segment of the visit and during discussion of the management plan was found to influence patient health outcomes. The outcomes affected were, in descending order of frequency, emotional health, symptom resolution, function, physiologic measures (i.e., blood pressure and blood sugar level) and pain control.

Conclusions: Most of the studies reviewed demonstrated a correlation between effective physician-patient communication and improved patient health outcomes. The components of effective communication identified by these studies can be used as the basis both for curriculum development in medical education and for patient education programs. Future research should focus on evaluating such educational programs.

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