Empathy in Family Medicine
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Resumo: | AIM: Empathy is crucial in therapeutic relationships. An empathic relationship has several positive outcomes: improvement of doctor-patient relationship, increased satisfaction and diagnostic ability, and patients empowerment. This study aims to assess empathy levels in a Portuguese Primary Health Care Practice (PPHCP) and to verify the relation between doctor-patient empathy and socio-demographic characteristics. DESIGN: cross-sectional study LOCATION: a Portuguese Primary Health Care Practice located in Senhora da Hora, Matosinhos. PARTICIPANTS: patients registered in the PPHCC who went to an appointment with their Family Physician (FP) during the month of June 2009. METHODS: Empathy value measured through the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) questionnaire. Associations between variables were tested with nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis) and Pearson correlation. The adopted significance level was 0.05. RESULTS: A sample of 353 questionnaires was obtained. FP mean empathy value was 41.1 points on a scale of 10-50 (CI 95%, 40.1-42.2). The only significant statistical association was related to educational level (p = 0.02). Patients with lower levels of formal education provided lower scores for FP empathy. CONCLUSION: The patients of this PPHCP scored high for empathy. Lower levels of formal education were correlated with lower scores for empathy, an association not found in other studies. |
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Empathy in Family MedicineEmpathyFamily PracticePhysician-Patient RelationshipsAIM: Empathy is crucial in therapeutic relationships. An empathic relationship has several positive outcomes: improvement of doctor-patient relationship, increased satisfaction and diagnostic ability, and patients empowerment. This study aims to assess empathy levels in a Portuguese Primary Health Care Practice (PPHCP) and to verify the relation between doctor-patient empathy and socio-demographic characteristics. DESIGN: cross-sectional study LOCATION: a Portuguese Primary Health Care Practice located in Senhora da Hora, Matosinhos. PARTICIPANTS: patients registered in the PPHCC who went to an appointment with their Family Physician (FP) during the month of June 2009. METHODS: Empathy value measured through the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) questionnaire. Associations between variables were tested with nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis) and Pearson correlation. The adopted significance level was 0.05. RESULTS: A sample of 353 questionnaires was obtained. FP mean empathy value was 41.1 points on a scale of 10-50 (CI 95%, 40.1-42.2). The only significant statistical association was related to educational level (p = 0.02). Patients with lower levels of formal education provided lower scores for FP empathy. CONCLUSION: The patients of this PPHCP scored high for empathy. Lower levels of formal education were correlated with lower scores for empathy, an association not found in other studies.Associação Portuguesa dos Médicos de Clínica Geral2011-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-71032011000600007Revista Portuguesa de Clínica Geral v.27 n.6 2011reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-71032011000600007Macedo,AntónioCavadas,Luís FilipeSousa,MarlenePires,PauloSantos,José AgostinhoMachado,Alexandrainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T16:59:34Zoai:scielo:S0870-71032011000600007Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:15:48.649423Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Empathy in Family Medicine |
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Empathy in Family Medicine |
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Empathy in Family Medicine Macedo,António Empathy Family Practice Physician-Patient Relationships |
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Empathy in Family Medicine |
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Empathy in Family Medicine |
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Empathy in Family Medicine |
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Empathy in Family Medicine |
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Empathy in Family Medicine |
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Macedo,António |
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Macedo,António Cavadas,Luís Filipe Sousa,Marlene Pires,Paulo Santos,José Agostinho Machado,Alexandra |
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Cavadas,Luís Filipe Sousa,Marlene Pires,Paulo Santos,José Agostinho Machado,Alexandra |
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Macedo,António Cavadas,Luís Filipe Sousa,Marlene Pires,Paulo Santos,José Agostinho Machado,Alexandra |
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Empathy Family Practice Physician-Patient Relationships |
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Empathy Family Practice Physician-Patient Relationships |
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AIM: Empathy is crucial in therapeutic relationships. An empathic relationship has several positive outcomes: improvement of doctor-patient relationship, increased satisfaction and diagnostic ability, and patients empowerment. This study aims to assess empathy levels in a Portuguese Primary Health Care Practice (PPHCP) and to verify the relation between doctor-patient empathy and socio-demographic characteristics. DESIGN: cross-sectional study LOCATION: a Portuguese Primary Health Care Practice located in Senhora da Hora, Matosinhos. PARTICIPANTS: patients registered in the PPHCC who went to an appointment with their Family Physician (FP) during the month of June 2009. METHODS: Empathy value measured through the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) questionnaire. Associations between variables were tested with nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis) and Pearson correlation. The adopted significance level was 0.05. RESULTS: A sample of 353 questionnaires was obtained. FP mean empathy value was 41.1 points on a scale of 10-50 (CI 95%, 40.1-42.2). The only significant statistical association was related to educational level (p = 0.02). Patients with lower levels of formal education provided lower scores for FP empathy. CONCLUSION: The patients of this PPHCP scored high for empathy. Lower levels of formal education were correlated with lower scores for empathy, an association not found in other studies. |
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