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Pål Gulbrandsen1, Jūratė Saltytė Benth, Fredrik Andreas Dahl

  • 1Institute of Clinical Medicine, Campus Ahus, Oslo, Olso, Norway. pal.gulbrandsen@medisin.uio.no

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Communication
  • Physician-Patient Interaction
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Physician response to patient emotions is often inadequate.
  • Physician sensitivity to patient affect remains underexplored in medical research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess specialist physicians' sensitivity to patient affect.
  • To evaluate physician-patient satisfaction levels.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study involving 71 physicians across various non-psychiatric specialties.
  • Analysis of 497 patient-physician encounters using post-visit questionnaires.
  • Correlations between physician and patient statements on affect and satisfaction.

Main Results:

  • Moderate correlation found between physician and patient reports of negative affect (r=0.379).
  • Weak correlations observed for positive affect (r=0.238) and patient satisfaction (r=0.219).
  • Physicians known to patients demonstrated higher sensitivity to negative affect compared to unfamiliar physicians.

Conclusions:

  • Specialist physicians possess moderate accuracy in identifying patient negative affect.
  • Physician ability to discern patient positive affect and satisfaction is limited.
  • Further research into physician affect sensitivity can enhance patient-centered care.