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| The influence of patient age on primary care resident physician-patient interaction | | Author(s) | Edward J Callahan, Klea D Bertakis, Rahman Azari |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 1, January 2000 |
| Pages | pp 30-35 |
| Keywords | Patients ; Age groups [elderly] ; Adults ; Middle aged ; General practitioners ; Social interaction ; General practice ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In an American study, self-reported health status of older people was poorer than that of younger groups as measured by the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form - 36 (MOS SF-36). The study supports results of previous studies which found that older patients had more return visits and reported higher levels of satisfaction than did younger comparison groups. Contrary to previous literature, though, older patients had longer visits than did younger cohorts. The doctor-patient interaction was significantly different in many areas between these three groups. Whereas older patients experienced more chatting in their visits, they were given less counselling, asked fewer questions, had less discussion about their families or their use of prescription medicines, were asked to change their health behaviour habits less often, and were given less health education. For older patients, more of each visit was spent checking on compliance with earlier treatment and developing treatment plans. Based on age, these results provide a more detailed view of the interaction between patients and general practitioners. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010119205 A |
| Classmark | LF: BB: SD: SE: QT6: TMA: L5: 7T |
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