How much is residents' distress detection performance during a clinical round related to their characteristics?
Patient Educ Couns
; 85(2): 180-7, 2011 Nov.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21131159
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to investigate residents' characteristics associated with their performance in detecting patients' distress (detection performance).METHODS:
Residents' detection performance was assessed in a clinical round. A mean detection performance score was calculated for each resident by comparing residents' rating of patients' distress (VAS) with patients' reported distress (HADS). Residents' characteristics include general (socio-demographic, professional and psychological), detection (self-efficacy, attitudes and outcome expectancies) and performance characteristics (communication skills (LaComm), psychological arousal (STAI) and physiological arousal (heart rate and blood pressure) in a highly emotional and complex simulated interview task).RESULTS:
Ninety-four residents and 442 inpatients were included. 30% of the variance in residents' detection performance was related to residents' performance characteristics anxiety level (p=.040) and mean arterial blood pressure (p=.019) before the task; empathy (p=.027) and mean heart rate (p=.043) during the task; mean arterial blood pressure changes (p=.012) during the assessment procedure.CONCLUSION:
Residents' detection performance is partly related to their performance characteristics. Psychological and physiological arousals are key characteristics--beside empathic skills--that need to be considered in models designed to determine detection performance. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Future interventions designed to improve residents' detection performance should focus notably on their performance characteristics.
Texto completo:
1
Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estrés Psicológico
/
Competencia Clínica
/
Comunicación
/
Pacientes Internos
/
Internado y Residencia
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
/
Diagnostic_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
/
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Patient Educ Couns
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Bélgica