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Physician interpretation of illness behavior.

L R Jones1, P A Mabe, W T Riley

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia.

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
|January 1, 1989
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Physicians

Area of Science:

  • Medical Sociology
  • Psychiatry
  • Internal Medicine

Background:

  • Physician recognition of patient emotional factors is crucial for comprehensive care.
  • Understanding factors influencing this recognition can improve patient outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify key determinants of physician recognition of emotional factors in patient illness presentations.
  • To explore the relative contributions of patient-reported symptoms versus physician assessments.

Main Methods:

  • Stepwise multiple regression analysis was employed.
  • 18 predictor variables were analyzed in a sample of 101 internal medicine inpatients.

Main Results:

  • Patient psychological symptoms did not significantly predict physician ratings of emotional factors.

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  • Physician assessments of medical illness severity, patient satisfaction, and patient age predicted 58% of the variance.
  • Less severe medical illness and lower patient satisfaction were associated with higher physician-rated emotional morbidity.

    • Conclusions:

    • Physician recognition of emotional factors is influenced more by their expectations of normative illness behavior than by patient self-reported mental status.
    • Clinical judgment regarding illness severity and patient satisfaction plays a significant role in identifying emotional components of illness.