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Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews
Although is it widely recognised that physicians' characteristics could influence their communication styles, no empirical evidence is currently available. No studies are available on the impact of physicians' locus of control (LOC) on their communication skills. LOC is a generalised belie...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12592362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600797 |
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author | Libert, Y Janne, P Razavi, D Merckaert, I Scalliet, P Delvaux, N Etienne, A-M Conradt, S Klastersky, J Boniver, J Reynaert, C |
author_facet | Libert, Y Janne, P Razavi, D Merckaert, I Scalliet, P Delvaux, N Etienne, A-M Conradt, S Klastersky, J Boniver, J Reynaert, C |
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description | Although is it widely recognised that physicians' characteristics could influence their communication styles, no empirical evidence is currently available. No studies are available on the impact of physicians' locus of control (LOC) on their communication skills. LOC is a generalised belief regarding the extent to which life outcomes are controlled by an individual's actions (internal LOC) or by external forces such as luck, fate or other individuals (external LOC). It was hypothesised that physicians with external LOC would take more into account others' concerns than physicians with internal LOC and would consequently use more appropriate assessment, informative and supportive functions. A total of 81 medical specialists were assessed in a simulated interview and a clinical interview. Communication skills were rated according to the Cancer Research Campaign Workshop Evaluation Manual. LOC was assessed using the Rotter I-E scale. Communication skills of the upper and lower quartiles of physicians in respect of their scores on this scale were compared using Student's t-test. Results show that physicians with external LOC give more appropriate information than physicians with internal LOC in simulated interviews (P=0.011) and less premature information than physicians with internal LOC in clinical interviews (P=0.015). This result provides evidence that physicians' LOC can influence their communication styles in oncological interviews and in particular the way they provide information to the patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-23771632009-09-10 Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews Libert, Y Janne, P Razavi, D Merckaert, I Scalliet, P Delvaux, N Etienne, A-M Conradt, S Klastersky, J Boniver, J Reynaert, C Br J Cancer Clinical Although is it widely recognised that physicians' characteristics could influence their communication styles, no empirical evidence is currently available. No studies are available on the impact of physicians' locus of control (LOC) on their communication skills. LOC is a generalised belief regarding the extent to which life outcomes are controlled by an individual's actions (internal LOC) or by external forces such as luck, fate or other individuals (external LOC). It was hypothesised that physicians with external LOC would take more into account others' concerns than physicians with internal LOC and would consequently use more appropriate assessment, informative and supportive functions. A total of 81 medical specialists were assessed in a simulated interview and a clinical interview. Communication skills were rated according to the Cancer Research Campaign Workshop Evaluation Manual. LOC was assessed using the Rotter I-E scale. Communication skills of the upper and lower quartiles of physicians in respect of their scores on this scale were compared using Student's t-test. Results show that physicians with external LOC give more appropriate information than physicians with internal LOC in simulated interviews (P=0.011) and less premature information than physicians with internal LOC in clinical interviews (P=0.015). This result provides evidence that physicians' LOC can influence their communication styles in oncological interviews and in particular the way they provide information to the patient. Nature Publishing Group 2003-02-24 2003-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC2377163/ /pubmed/12592362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600797 Text en Copyright © 2003 Cancer Research UK https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material.If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Libert, Y Janne, P Razavi, D Merckaert, I Scalliet, P Delvaux, N Etienne, A-M Conradt, S Klastersky, J Boniver, J Reynaert, C Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews |
title | Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews |
title_full | Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews |
title_fullStr | Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews |
title_short | Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews |
title_sort | impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews |
topic | Clinical |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12592362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600797 |
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