Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 556084
How to deal with a crying patient? A study from a primary care setting in Croatia, using the 'critical incident technique'
How to deal with a crying patient? A study from a primary care setting in Croatia, using the 'critical incident technique' // The European journal of General Practice, 17 (2011), 3; 153-159 doi:10.3109/13814788.2011.576339 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
How to deal with a crying patient? A study from a primary care setting in Croatia, using the 'critical incident technique'
Autori
Petriček, Goranka ; Vrcić-Keglević, Mladenka ; Lazić, Đurđica ; Murgić, Lucija
Izvornik
The European journal of General Practice (1381-4788) 17
(2011), 3;
153-159
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
family practice; communication; crying patients
Sažetak
Expression of strong emotions by patients is not a rare event in medical practice, however, there are few studies describing general practitioner (GP) communication with a crying patient. The aim of this study was to describe GP behaviour with a patient who cries in a family practice setting. A semi-qualitative study was conducted on 127 Croatian GP trainees, 83.5% female, and 16.5% male. The study method used was the 'critical incident technique.' GP trainees described their recent experience with patients who cried in front of them. Textual data were explored inductively using content analysis to generate categories and explanations. RESULTS:All 127 (100.0%) GP trainees initially let patients cry, giving them verbal (81.9%) and/or nonverbal support (25.9%). GP trainees (69.3%) encouraged their patients to verbalize and to describe the problem. Most GP trainees (87.4%) tried to establish mutual problem understanding. Approximately half of the GP trainees (55.1%) made a joint management plan. A minor group (14.2%) tried to maintain contact with the patient by arranging follow-up appointments. The vast majority of GP trainees shared their patient's emotion of sadness (92.9%). Some GP trainees were caught unaware or unprepared for patient's crying and reacted awkwardly (4.7%), some were indifferent (3.9%) or even felt guilty (3.1%). GP trainees' patterns of communication with crying patients can be described in five steps: (a) let the patient cry ; (b) verbalization of emotions and facilitation to express the problem ; (c) mutual understanding and solution finding ; (d) evaluation--maintaining contact ; and (e) personal experience of great emotional effort.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita
POVEZANOST RADA
Projekti:
108-1081871-1897 - Utjecaj organizirane edukacije na kvalitetu rada u izvanbolničkoj zaštiti (Pavleković, Gordana, MZOS ) ( CroRIS)
Ustanove:
Medicinski fakultet, Zagreb
Profili:
Mladenka Vrcić-Keglević
(autor)
Lucija Murgić
(autor)
Goranka Petriček
(autor)
Đurđica Kašuba Lazić
(autor)
Citiraj ovu publikaciju:
Časopis indeksira:
- Current Contents Connect (CCC)
- Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXP)
- SCI-EXP, SSCI i/ili A&HCI
- Scopus
- MEDLINE