eprintid: 38224
rev_number: 12
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datestamp: 2020-02-06 15:24:28
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: beth.hoffman@pitt.edu
eprint_status: archive
creators_name: Hoffman, Beth
creators_name: Cafferty, Lauren
creators_name: Shensa, Ariel
creators_name: Jain, Parul
creators_name: Rosenthal, Erica
creators_name: Primack, Brian
creators_name: Sidani, Jaime
creators_email: beth.hoffman@pitt.edu
creators_email: laurencafferty90@gmail.com
creators_email: ariel.shensa@pitt.edu
creators_email: jainp1@ohio.edu
creators_email: erosenth@usc.edu
creators_email: bprimack@uark.edu
creators_email: jaime.sidani@pitt.edu
creators_id: blh72
title: Physician-patient communication behaviors in the most popular prime time television shows.
ispublished: pub
divisions: sch_gsph_behavioralcommhealthsci
divisions: sch_med_Medicine
full_text_status: restricted
abstract: Previous research suggests that television programming may influence viewers’ health-related knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors but has yet to examine patient–provider interactions on the most popular primetime television programs. We aimed to characterize the frequency and nature of patient-centered communication (PCC) behaviors on these programs, as cultivation and social cognitive theories suggest that these depictions may influence viewers’ expectations of real-life health-care experiences. We examined 203 patient–provider interactions across 84 episodes of 22 primetime television programs—both medical and non-medical—that aired during the spring of 2016 and spring of 2017. Each interaction was analyzed for the presence of 21 optimal PCC behaviors. This study found that the most frequently observed PCC behaviors focused on the provider making good eye contact and displaying good manners. However, PCC behaviors related to managing patient uncertainty and self-management were rare. Overall, providers in medical programs were significantly more likely to exhibit certain PCC behaviors, such as asking a patient questions, having good manners, and self-disclosing personal information, compared to providers in non-medical programs. Implications of these findings include the potential for such depictions to influence patient expectations of real-life experiences and health outcomes. Future research is needed to examine these potential influences.
date: 2020-02-04
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Health Communication
publisher: Taylor & Francis
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1087-0415
official_url: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AFHXPQZXSVRRPFDDW5PQ/full?target=10.1080%2F10810730.2020.1723040&
funders: The SCAN Foundation
centers: cen_other_mediatechhealth
id_number: 10.1080/10810730.2020.1723040
article_type: researcharticle
citation:   Hoffman, Beth and Cafferty, Lauren and Shensa, Ariel and Jain, Parul and Rosenthal, Erica and Primack, Brian and Sidani, Jaime  (2020) Physician-patient communication behaviors in the most popular prime time television shows.  Journal of Health Communication.   ISSN 1087-0415     
document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/38224/1/PCC%20on%20TV%20preprint.pdf