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[Psychosocial problem disclosure during primary care consultations]
1Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica, Servizio di Psicologia Medica, Università di Verona, Verona. lidia@borgoroma.univr.it
Epidemiologia E Psichiatria Sociale
|March 21, 2001
Summary
General practitioners (GPs) often miss psychosocial problems in patients because patients do not present these issues. Improving GP skills in facilitating patient disclosure can enhance recognition of emotional distress.
Area of Science:
- Primary care medicine
- Psychosocial health
- Patient-physician communication
Context:
- Psychosocial problems are common in primary care.
- Patient disclosure of psychosocial issues is often indirect.
- General Practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role in identifying these problems.
Purpose:
- To investigate how primary care patients introduce psychosocial problems.
- To assess the impact of personality traits on psychosocial problem disclosure.
- To understand the relationship between GP recognition and patient presentation of distress.
Summary:
- Patient presentation of psychosocial topics correlates with GP's attribution of emotional distress.
- Distressed patients not recognized by GPs were less likely to offer psychosocial cues.
- Personality traits (dependency, locus of control) did not significantly influence problem disclosure.
Impact:
- Lack of patient cues and patient-centered skills hinder distress recognition.
- GPs actively facilitating psychosocial topic presentation can improve emotional distress identification.
- Enhanced GP communication strategies are needed for better psychosocial care in primary settings.