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I was wondering what measure or questions you used for intention to adhere to treatment. I am currently working on my thesis and would like to use a measure already validated.
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The results reported in this paper are potentially stunning, because they provide fresh new insights into mechanisms of patient-physician relationship-building and the meaning of "concordance." The data are consistent with the view that concordance is more than skin deep, i.e. much more nuanced than outward similarity. This important study should fuel additional research on what physicians can do to accelerate the accum...
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The findings of this study by Street and colleagues have important implications for patient-physician communication across differences in race, ethnicity, age, gender, and social class. Previous studies have yielded conflicting findings regarding the impact of patient-physician sociodemographic discordance. The study findings suggest that socioemotional factors captured in the construct of perceived personal similarity...
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Interesting study that confirms what has been written about extensively in the social psychology realm, most specifically by Robert Cialdini with regard to influence. This paper confirms the principle of liking: we are more likely to adhere to advice from those who we like, and who are like us. As physicians, improved care through improved adherence would be more common when patients like, and are like, their physicia...
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