• Pain · Sep 2010

    Health care providers communicate less well with patients with chronic low back pain--a study of encounters at a back pain clinic in Denmark.

    • Pål Gulbrandsen, Henrik Bjarke Madsen, Jurate Saltyte Benth, and Even Laerum.
    • Faculty Division Akershus University Hospital, HØKH, Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Lørenskog, Norway. pal.gulbrandsen@ahus.no
    • Pain. 2010 Sep 1;150(3):458-61.

    AbstractWe aimed to study the quality of communication between health care providers and patients with low back pain with emphasis on information giving in a back pain clinic, including if characteristics of patients could be associated with communication quality. We videotaped 79 encounters in which 21 providers informed patients about the results of magnetic resonance imaging of the back. Background information about the patients was collected by questionnaires and interview after the encounter. Videotapes were analysed with the Four Habits Coding Scheme (4HCS) in which higher scores mean better communication. There were strong negative correlations between 4HCS scores and the duration of back pain, and patient age. The results were significant for all professional subgroups (doctors, physiotherapists, chiropractors). Communication quality in encounters with back pain patients is worse, the longer the patient has suffered pain. Poor communication quality also seems to be associated with patients being older.Copyright (c) 2010 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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