Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2020
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Society Culture and Language
Abstract
Strong doctor-patient relationships generate greater patient satisfaction and compliance with physician recommendations. Although prior research has explored distinct factors driving favorable patient outcomes, investigations have yet to comprehensively address the efficacy of different communication styles. Furthermore, it is critical to explore the full impact communication approaches have on perceptions of medical services. This investigation addressed two patient-centered communication approaches – empathy and nonverbal immediacy – as antecedents to Vietnamese patients’ impressions of physicians and hospital services. Results showed that these two factors were powerful, independent predictors of satisfaction and trust. Conversely, patient participation was a less robust predictor of judgments toward physicians as well as a weak mediator between patient-centered communication skills and favorable physician impressions. In addition, results showed that patient satisfaction in physicians was a key intervening factor in the relationship between patient-centered communication skills and hospital satisfaction. Overall, the findings highlight the critical importance of physician connectedness with patients as central to patients' global judgments of medical services.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
McKinley, Christopher; Limbu, Yam; and Pham, Long, "An investigation of processes linking patient-centered communication approaches to favorable impressions of vietnamese physicians and hospital services" (2020). College of Communication and Media Scholarship and Creative Works. 72.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/scom-facpubs/72
Rights
© 2020 This article is open access under CC-By license
Published Citation
McKinley, C., Limbu,Y. and Pham,L. (2020). An Investigation of Processes Linking Patient-Centered Communication Approaches to Favorable Impressions of Vietnamese Physicians and Hospital Services. International Journal of Society, Culture & Language, 8(1), 44-59.