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Fröjd, CamillaUppsala universitet,Vårdvetenskap,Caring Sciences
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Is doctors' ability to identify cancer patients' worry and wish for information related to doctors' self-efficacy with regard to communicating about difficult matters?
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Hindawi Limited,2006
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:uu-96314
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-96314URI
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2354.2006.00670.xDOI
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Language:English
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Summary in:English
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The aims were to investigate whether: (A) doctors' ability to identify patients' worry about prognosis/wish for information about disease and treatment is related to doctors' self-efficacy with regard to communicating about difficult matters and patients' satisfaction with a consultation/hope to live a good life in spite of the disease; and (B) patients and doctors agree on how much worry/wish for information a patient experiences/wishes. Sixty-nine patients with carcinoid and 11 doctors participated. Ability to identify worry/wish for information was estimated by posing questions to doctors/patients concerning how much worry/information a patient experienced/wished during a consultation. Doctors' self-efficacy was measured by nine questions, patients' satisfaction and hope by two questions. When doctors show good ability to identify wish for information, they report higher self-efficacy (t = 3.5, d.f. = 67, P < 0.001) than when they show less good ability. Patients finding the consultation very satisfying meet doctors reporting higher self-efficacy than patients finding the consultation satisfying (t = 2.26, d.f. = 65, P < 0.05). Doctors fail to identify patients who report less worry/wish more information than the average patient. The findings underscore the importance of further enhancing doctors' self-efficacy with regard to communicating about difficult matters and ability to identify patients who are less worried/wish more information than the average patient.
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cancer
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doctors
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information
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patients
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self-efficacy
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worry
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MEDICINE
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MEDICIN
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von Essen, LouiseUppsala universitet,Vårdvetenskap,Caring Sciences(Swepub:uu)louiesse
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Uppsala universitetVårdvetenskap
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In:European Journal of Cancer Care: Hindawi Limited15:4, s. 371-3780961-54231365-2354
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