TERM training increased practitioners' prompting for psychosocial information (85%) but practitioners did not explore new psychosocial disclosures further¶
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q2 i? Training substantially increased healthcare practitioners' prompting of patients for psychosocial information concerning their symptoms (85%), but practitioners did not investigate further when a new disclosure was made, despite patient disclosures increasing by approximately 50%. → Thursby Stacie 2024
Evidence¶
Thursby Stacie 2024¶
Thursby Stacie, Dismore Lorelle, Swainston Katherine. (2024). Clinical skills development for healthcare practitioners working with patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) in healthcare settings: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05306-4
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The review reports Morriss et al.'s (2010) RCT analyses of psychosocial chatter in consultations, scored with the Liverpool Clinical Interaction Analysis Scheme; prompting rose (85%) and patient disclosures rose ~50%, but practitioners did not explore new disclosures further.
"Training substantially increased healthcare practitioners prompting of patients for psychosocial information concerning their symptoms (85%); despite psychosocial disclosures from patients in the intervention group increasing by approximately 50%, healthcare practitioners did not investigate further when a new disclosure was made."
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Related Claims¶
- Training programmes improved healthcare practitioners' communication with patients with PPS relative to control groups — related
- Patients consulting trained practitioners reported higher satisfaction, significant in one RCT and non-significant in another — related
- Effects on healthcare utilisation were inconsistent: TERM training showed no effects on visits or medication, while speciAL reduced visits significantly in the intervention group — related
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