ArticleAtencion primaria2018
Communication with patients and the duration of family medicine consultations.
Article in Atencion primaria, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Managing consultation duration in primary care: A systematic review with health equity insights.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Review
- "The doctor will see you now… but not for long": Linking physicians' racial attitudes and patients' discrimination experiences to racial disparities in the duration of medical consultations.Patient education and counseling · 2025Article
- The true complexities of "standard" family practice visits unmasked: an observational cross-sectional study in Regina.Family practice · 2024Observational
- Patient-centredness in primary care walk-in clinics for refugees in Hamburg.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Appropriateness of drug prescriptions in patients with chronic kidney disease in primary care: a double-center retrospective study.BMC primary care · 2022Observational
- Organization of primary care.Primary health care research & development · 2022Review
- A questionnaire-based study on quality and adequacy of clinical communication between physician and family members of admitted Covid-19 patients.Patient education and counseling · 2022Article
- [Accomplishment of preventive activities proposed by resident doctors of Family Medicine in Primary Care and its relationship with communication skills].Atencion primaria · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the distribution of consultation times, the factors that determine their length, and their relationship with a more participative, patient-centred consulting style.
designCross-sectional multicentre study. LOCATION: Primary Healthcare Centres in Andalusia, Spain.
participantsA total of 119 tutors and family medicine physician residents. PRINCIPAL MEASUREMENTS: Consultation length and communication with the patient were analysed using the CICCAA scale (Connect, Identify, Understand, Consent, Help) during 436 interviews in Primary Care.
resultsThe mean duration of consultations was 8.8min (sd: 3.6). The consultation tended to be longer when the physician had a patient-centred approach (10.37±4.19min vs 7.54±2.98min; p=0.001), and when there was joint decision-making (9.79±3.96min vs 7.73±3.42min: p=0.001). In the multivariable model, longer consultations were associated with obtaining higher scores on the CICAA scale, a wider range of reasons for consultation, whether they came accompanied, in urban centres, and a smaller number of daily visits (r
conclusionA more patient centred medical profile, increased shared decision-making, a wider range of reasons for consultation, whether they came accompanied, in urban centres, and less professional pressure all seem to be associated with a longer consultation.
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