期刊
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
卷 101, 期 7, 页码 1216-1222出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.01.023
关键词
Bad news; Cancer; Emotional intelligence; Empathy; Quality of life
资金
- SIRIC (SIte de Recherche Integree en Cancerologie) ONCOLille [INCa-DGOS-Inserm 6041]
Objective: In cancer settings, physician empathy is not always linked to a better patient emotional quality of life quality of life (eQoL). We tested two possible moderators of the inconsistent link: type of consultation (bad news versus follow-up) and patient emotional skills (emoSkills, i.e., the way patients process emotional information). Methods: In a cross-sectional design, 296 thoracic and digestive tract cancer patients completed validated questionnaires to assess their physician empathy, their emoSkills and eQoL. Moderated multiple regressions were performed. Results: In follow-up consultations, physician empathy was associated with a better eQoL in patients with low or average emotional skills. Those with high emotional skills did not benefit from physician empathy. Their eQoL was nonetheless very good. In bad news consultations, the pattern was reversed: only patients with average or high emotional skills benefited from physician empathy. Those with low emotional skills were not sensitive to it and presented a poor eQoL. Conclusion: Medical empathy is important in all consultations. However, in bad news consultations, patients with low emoSkills are at risk of psychological distress even with an empathetic doctor. Practice implications: Accordingly, physicians should be trained to detect patients with low emoSkills in order to refer them to supportive care. (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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