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Interventions before consultations for helping patients address their information needs.

P Kinnersley1, A Edwards, K Hood

  • 1School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Centre for Health Sciences Research, 3rd Floor, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF14 4XN. kinnersley@cf.ac.uk

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Patient interventions before healthcare consultations offer limited benefits, slightly increasing question asking and satisfaction. Further research is needed to optimize these strategies for better patient information gathering and reduced anxiety.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Patient-Centered Care
  • Clinical Communication

Background:

  • Patients frequently lack essential information from healthcare providers.
  • Interventions are being developed to empower patients in information gathering during consultations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of pre-consultation interventions on patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems.
  • To assess interventions designed to help patients meet their information needs during consultations.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of 33 randomized controlled trials.
  • Included studies focused on interventions delivered before consultations to enhance patient question-asking.
  • Data synthesis included narrative review and meta-analyses of key outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Interventions showed small, statistically significant increases in question asking and patient satisfaction.
  • No significant effects were observed on patient anxiety, knowledge, or consultation length.
  • Coaching and written materials had similar effects on question asking, but coaching improved satisfaction more.

Conclusions:

  • Pre-consultation interventions provide limited benefits for patients' information needs.
  • Further research should investigate the quality of questions, anxiety reduction, and optimal intervention timing and clinician training.