Emotional aspects of procedures

Garrie, Stuart A.

doi:10.3109/09546639309089528

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“…For example, the adaptive function of anger is to prompt retaliation, and the function of fear is to motivate escape. Patients experience a wide range of emotions during health‐care encounters, including both positive and negative emotions, and these emotional responses may motivate patients towards particular behaviours. In this study, we investigated the relationship of patients' emotional responses to a health‐care experience and a specific behavioural motivation: intentions to adhere to a physician's recommendations.…”

Section: Emotions In the Health‐care Contextmentioning

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Patients' anxiety and hope: predictors and adherence intentions in an acute care context

Legg

Andrews

Huynh

et al. 2014

Health Expectations

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Context Good patient-provider interactions promote satisfaction with health care, adherence to treatment recommendations and improved health. However, little research has examined patients' emotions and how they relate to patients' experiences with health care and their adherence intentions in acute care settings.Objective This study examined the predictors and consequences of two emotions pertinent to the uncertainty of acute health-care experiences: anxiety and hopefulness.Design Patients who arrived at a general surgery clinic for an initial consultation were interviewed before and after the consultation. Prior to the consultation with a physician, patients completed baseline measures of their emotional state. Following the consultation, patients completed measures of understanding of the information provided by the surgeon, perceived control over treatment decisions, adherence intentions and emotional state.Results Understanding and control predicted less anxiety and greater hopefulness, compared to baseline. Only hopefulness predicted adherence intentions. These relationships remained even after controlling for characteristics of the patients and interactions.Discussion These findings identify aspects of psychosocial care that are critical for promoting positive (and mitigating negative) emotional states in patients. Even in a brief consultation in a clinic setting, physicians may be able to improve patients' emotional state by promoting a sense of control and clarifying information they convey, and patients' positive emotional states may be critical for raising adherence intentions.The only recognizable feature of hope is action.-Grace Paley

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Section: Emotions In the Health‐care Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%