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[The companion at the clinical interview]
L de la Revilla1, R Montoro, M A Prados
1Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Granada-Norte.
Objective:
To discover how often patients attend a clinical interview with a companion; and to define this companion by the variables of age, gender, reason for the interview, the relationship (friend or relation) and his/her typology.
Design:
This was a descriptive, prospective study.
Setting:
The study was carried out in the Almanjayar and Cartuja Health Centres.
Patients And Other Participants:
The 899 people who attended for a consultation during the last week of July, 1991, were included in the study.
Measurements And Main Results:
Companions were present in 39.15% of the clinical interviews. Patients under 20 and those with acute complaints were those who most commonly attended with a companion. 94% of the companions were family members: most commonly, the mother or the husband/wife. 18.7% of the companions caused conflict.
Conclusions:
The companion can be seen as an important element of the health network as well as a social support. Companions with a collaborative attitude can be used to find out clinical data and family background during the interview; whereas difficult or sick companions require a particular approach to prevent their interfering with the development of the clinical interview.
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