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An analytic hierarchy process analysis for reinforcing doctor–patient communication

Published in BMC Primary Care

Background As the health paradigm shifts toward patient-centeredness, patients can actively participate in their own treatment. However, there is still a unilateral aspect of doctor-patient communication, so it is necessary to specify obstacles between doctors and patients. Therefore, this study attempted to extract obstacles that block doctor-pati...

Magic of the touch.

Published in Patient education and counseling

The article highlights the impact of physician's touch on the patient's psyche and healing process and more importantly, vice-versa. Not infrequently, this 'small' aspect is overlooked by the physicians but on deeper analysis, this 'small' gesture has profound impact on the patients as well as the physicians. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All righ...

Watchful waiting as a strategy to reduce low-value spinal imaging: study protocol for a randomized trial.

BackgroundPatients with acute low back pain frequently request diagnostic imaging, and clinicians feel pressure to acquiesce to such requests to sustain patient trust and satisfaction. Spinal imaging in patients with acute low back pain poses risks from diagnostic evaluation of false-positive findings, patient labeling and anxiety, and unnecessary ...

A roundup of the simplest mobile phone uses in diabetes management.

Published in Diabetes research and clinical practice

With the increasing use of mobile phones, mHealth has grown to be a very promising subject. However, mHealth programs haven't been widespread in many countries, especially in developing countries. Health-related phone applications, and in particular diabetes-related mobile apps, are gaining more popularity by the day. Yet, there are still some conc...

Clinical forecasting: Towards a sociology of prognosis.

Published in Social science & medicine (1982)

Much of our understanding of prognosis in clinical settings comes from end-of-life situations but prognostication is also a concern in chronic illnesses. Parents of children living with seizures wonder what the future holds: will the child outgrow their seizures, or will they remain a part of their child's life? Based on video recordings of clinic ...

The social utility of clinical exome sequencing.

Published in Patient education and counseling

Examine the presentation of clinical and social implications of exome sequencing findings during patient-geneticist interactions. Video-recordings of 34 returns of exome sequencing results with findings in an academic genetics clinic were examined using an inductive thematic analysis to distinguish categories of consequences. We then operationalize...