Pediatricians' communication styles as correlates of global trust among jewish and bedouin parents of disabled children

Talma Kushnir, Yaacov G. Bachner, Sara Carmel, Hagit Flusser, Aharon Galil

نتاج البحث: نشر في مجلةمقالةمراجعة النظراء

9 اقتباسات (Scopus)

ملخص

OBJECTIVES: There is a paucity of empirical studies of trust among parents of children with developmental disabilities. Trust is an important element in the patient-physician relationship, especially in medical rehabilitation, where continuous cooperation is essential for positive therapeutic outcomes. Trust is dependent on a variety of psychosocial factors, one of which is the physician's communication style. The current study had three goals: (1) to compare two groups of Israeli parents, Jews and Bedouins, in terms of the levels of global trust in the pediatricians in a regional child development center; (2) to compare their perceptions of the pediatricians' communication styles; and (3) to assess the association between three communication styles (caring, interest, and collaboration) and the parents' trust in the pediatricians. METHODS: The sample included 193 parents of disabled children ranging from 6 months to 6 years of age. Global trust and parents' perceptions concerning their communication with the center's pediatricians were measured by scales developed for this research. RESULTS: Despite the large cultural differences that exist between the Jewish and Bedouin groups, the only significant difference between them was that Jewish parents' reported a significantly higher level of collaboration compared with the Bedouins. Global trust in the pediatrician was significantly predicted by the interest and collaboration communication styles, but ethnicity was not a significant predictor. CONCLUSION: These findings underscore the importance of physicians' interpersonal competence and skills in the therapeutic relationship and support the increasing trend of including doctor-patient communication training in undergraduate and continuing medical education.

اللغة الأصليةالإنجليزيّة
الصفحات (من إلى)18-25
عدد الصفحات8
دوريةJournal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
مستوى الصوت29
رقم الإصدار1
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء
حالة النشرنُشِر - فبراير 2008
منشور خارجيًانعم

بصمة

أدرس بدقة موضوعات البحث “Pediatricians' communication styles as correlates of global trust among jewish and bedouin parents of disabled children'. فهما يشكلان معًا بصمة فريدة.

قم بذكر هذا