ArticleArthritis research & therapy2024
Association between discontinuity of care and patient trust in the usual rheumatologist among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional study.
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backgroundPatient trust plays a central role in the patient-physician relationship. This study aimed to determine whether the number of outpatient visits with a covering rheumatologist is associated with patient trust in their usual rheumatologist.
methodsJapanese adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who met the 1997 revised classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology and had outpatient visits with a covering rheumatologist in the past year were included. We used the 11-item Japanese version of the modified Trust in Physician Scale (range 0-100) to assess patient trust. A general linear model with cluster-robust variance estimation was used to evaluate the association between the number of outpatient visits with covering rheumatologists and the patient's trust in their usual rheumatologist.
resultsOf the 515 enrolled participants, 421 patients with SLE were included in our analyses. Patients were divided into groups according to the number of outpatient visits with a covering rheumatologist in the past year as follows: no visits (59.9%; reference group), one to three visits (24.2%; low-frequency group), and four or more visits (15.9%; high-frequency group). The median Trust in Physician Scale score was 81.8 (interquartile range: 72.7-93.2). Both the low-frequency group (mean difference: -3.03; 95% confidence interval [CI] -5.93 to -0.80) and high-frequency group (mean difference: -4.17; 95% CI -7.77 to -0.58) exhibited lower trust in their usual rheumatologist.
conclusionThis study revealed that the number of outpatient visits with a covering rheumatologist was associated with lower trust in a patient's usual rheumatologist.
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