Journal
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
Volume 82, Issue 1, Pages 21-29Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.01.021
Keywords
Patient provider communication; Adverse childhood events; Adverse adult events; Determinants of disease; Training
Funding
- Centers for Disease Control [RO1-CD-04-002]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH &HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R03HD050402] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Objective: To determine the efficacy and effectiveness of training to improve primary care providers' patient-centered communication skills and proficiency in discussing their patients' health risks. Methods: Twenty-eight primary care providers participated in a baseline simulated patient interaction and were subsequently randomized into intervention and control groups. Intervention providers participated in training focused on patient-centered communication about behavioral risk factors. Immediate efficacy of training was evaluated by comparing the two groups. Over the next 3 years, all providers participated in two more sets of interactions with patients. Longer term effectiveness was assessed using the interaction data collected at 6 and 18 months post-training. Results: The intervention providers significantly improved in patient-centered communication and communication proficiencies immediately post-training and at both follow-up time points. Conclusions: This study suggests that the brief training produced significant and large differences in the intervention group providers which persisted 2 years after the training. Practice implications: The results of this study suggest that primary care providers can be trained to achieve and maintain gains in patient-centered communication, communication skills and discussion of adverse childhood events as root causes of chronic disease. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available