Journal article
Audiologist-patient communication profiles in hearing rehabilitation appointments
C Meyer, C Barr, A Khan, L Hickson
Patient Education and Counseling | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2017
Abstract
Objective To profile the communication between audiologists and patients in initial appointments on a biomedical-psychosocial continuum; and explore the associations between these profiles and 1) characteristics of the appointment and 2) patients’ decisions to pursue hearing aids. Methods Sixty-three initial hearing assessment appointments were filmed and audiologist-patient communication was coded using the Roter Interaction Analysis System. A hierarchical cluster analysis was conducted to profile audiologist-patient communication, after which regression modelling and Chi-squared analyses were conducted. Results Two distinct audiologist-patient communication profiles were identified during ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The researchers would like to extend their thanks to all participants, and to Els Walravens of HEARing CRC and National Acoustic Laboratories, Sydney, for her assistance with data collection and coding. This study was conducted under the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, established and supported under the Cooperative Research Centres Program, an initiative of the Australian Government.