Communication between older women and physicians: Preliminary implications for satisfaction and intention to have mammography

Liang, Wenchi; Kasman, Deborah L.; Wang, Judy H.; Yuan, Elaine H.; Mandelblatt, Jeanne S.

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2006.04.004

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“…Effective and satisfactory communications between physicians and cancer patients are very important for patients' health and illness behaviours (Cousin et al 2012(Cousin et al , 2013, as well as for their satisfaction with care (Ellingson & Buzzanell 1999;Liang et al 2006). The current study examined the interrelationships between three communication styles of primary-care physicians and older cancer patients' satisfaction with their physicians, while controlling for patient characteristics.…”

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“…Studies report a correlation between physicians' communication styles and satisfaction of cancer patients in different settings. Older breast cancer patients' who described physician's communication as deep, trusting and bonding were more satisfied with communication and tended to have a greater intention to have mammography compared to woman who rated communication as less trusting (Liang et al 2006). In another study, cancer patients viewed satisfaction as a negotiation process with physicians in which themes of respect, caring and reassurance of expertise were prominent (Ellingson & Buzzanell 1999).…”

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“…For example, Siminoff et al (2011) reported that the physician's communication about new and existing symptoms were important factors for preventing diagnostic delay in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. Meguerditchian et al (2012) indicated that patients of physicians who are better communicators are more likely to undergo screening mammograms (see also Liang et al 2006). A systematic review concluded that 'effective communication exerts a positive influence not only on the emotional health of the patient, but also on symptom resolution, functional and physiological status, and pain control' (Stewart 1995).…”

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Physicians' communication styles as correlates of elderly cancer patients' satisfaction with their doctors

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Physician-patient communication style is of utmost importance to patients with life-threatening diseases. This study identifies the most desired physician communication style by older cancer patients; and examines which of the studied communication styles significantly explains cancer patients' satisfaction with family physicians. A total of 200 older cancer patients, with average age of 75 years, participated in the study, yielding a response rate of 42%. Prospective respondents were randomly selected from the list of cancer patients in the central geographical district of Israel's second largest Health Maintenance Organization fund. Respondents rated their satisfaction with physicians as relatively high. All three communication styles studied were found to be associated with patient's satisfaction. Associations were found between self-rated health, time since the diagnosis of cancer and satisfaction. Women were less satisfied than men with their physicians. Two variables emerged as significant predictors of satisfaction: the physician's caring communication style and patient's gender. Intervention programmes should focus on elevating physicians' awareness of the importance of their communication with cancer patients in general, and of the caring communication style in particular.

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“…Studies that purport to employ mixed methods may use different data types but present the analysis quantitatively (Liang, Kasman, Wang, Yuan, & Mandelblatt, 2006). Conversely, quantitative data may be used primarily to describe sample characteristics in qualitative dominant studies without further integration of data types in the analysis (Chapin, Reed, & Dobbs, 2004).…”

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Mixed Methods in Gerontological Research: Do the Qualitative and Quantitative Data “Touch”?

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2009

Research in Gerontological Nursing

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This paper distinguishes between parallel and integrated mixed methods research approaches. Barriers to integrated mixed methods approaches in gerontological research are discussed and critiqued. The author presents examples of mixed methods gerontological research to illustrate approaches to data integration at the levels of data analysis, interpretation, and research reporting. As a summary of the methodological literature, four basic levels of mixed methods data combination are proposed. Opportunities for mixing qualitative and quantitative data are explored using contemporary examples from published studies. Data transformation and visual display, judiciously applied, are proposed as pathways to fuller mixed methods data integration and analysis. Finally, practical strategies for mixing qualitative and quantitative data types are explicated as gerontological research moves beyond parallel mixed methods approaches to achieve data integration. Investigations in geriatrics and gerontology frequently focus on complex circumstances of interaction (e.g., caregiving) and are often conducted in complicated systems (e.g., families or nursing homes) that lend well to mixed methods approaches. Mixed methods research approaches have been evolving over the last 50 years with recent attention and interest in mixed

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“…Specific barriers related to traditional beliefs or social norms were found to predict lower screening rates [5][6][7][8][9]. Examples include fatalism [10][11][12], distrust of western medicine [6,13,14], barriers to exposing the body [6,10,12], and social barriers such as the negative implications of being seen at the breast clinic [10,11].…”

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Traditional-Westernizing continuum of change in screening behaviors: comparison between Arab women in Israel and the West Bank

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Health perceptions are changing, but the pace of change varies across societies, exercising different effects on women's screening behaviors. Our aim is to assess the rate of mammography and clinical breast examination (CBE) attendance in younger and older Arab women in Israel and in the West Bank, and the effect of health beliefs on the screening behaviors. A random sample of 697 Arab women, 300 from Israel and 397 from the West Bank, aged 30-65 years, answered questionnaires on screening behaviors, the Arab culture-specific barriers, fatalism, worry, and health beliefs. The participation rate was 93.5% in Israel and 98.3% in the West Bank. Higher fatalistic perceptions, traditional beliefs, barriers to bodily exposure, and social, environmental, and personal barriers to screening were reported by women from the West Bank compared to Arab women in Israel and by older women compared to the younger women. Adjusted lower likelihood of attending screening was predicted by group (AOR 3.55, 95% CI 1.25-10.11 for mammography and AOR 2.36, 95% CI 1.19-3.65 for CBE), higher fatalism (AOR 0.52, 95% CI 0.30-76 for mammography and AOR 0.68, 95% CI 0.54-92 for CBE), more traditional beliefs (AOR 0.61, 95% CI 0.48-0.80 for mammography and AOR 0.51, 95% CI 0.39-0.68 for CBE), and higher barriers to self-exposure (AOR 0.69, 95% CI 0.48-0.83 for mammography and AOR 0.76, 95% CI 0.62-0.95 for CBE), higher perceived personal barriers (AOR 0.36, 95% CI 0.12-1.08 for mammography and AOR 0.77, 95% CI 0.60-0.98 for CBE), and lower perceived benefits (AOR 1.98, 95% CI 1.17-3.34 for mammography and AOR 1.39, 95% CI 1.06-1.81 for CBE). Also, adjusted lower likelihood of CBE attendance was predicted by younger age, higher religiosity, and higher social barriers. Differences in screening behaviors of younger and older Arab women from the West Bank and from Israel represent a traditional-westernizing continuum of change, but are also related to the social and situational context.

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Communication between older women and physicians: Preliminary implications for satisfaction and intention to have mammography

Cited by 20 publications

References 17 publications

Physicians' communication styles as correlates of elderly cancer patients' satisfaction with their doctors

Physicians' communication styles as correlates of elderly cancer patients' satisfaction with their doctors

Mixed Methods in Gerontological Research: Do the Qualitative and Quantitative Data “Touch”?

Traditional-Westernizing continuum of change in screening behaviors: comparison between Arab women in Israel and the West Bank

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