Table 1

Published Video Elicitation Interview Studies of Physician-patient Interactions

Author, Year	Topic	Participants	Comments on Study Methodology
Henry et al,⁴ 2011	Preventive services in primary care	Physicians and patients	Secondary analysis of video elicitation interviews
Gao et al,²⁷ 2009	Cross-cultural discussions of colorectal cancer screening	Patients^a	Used experienced translators and bilingual interviewers
O’Brien et al,²⁹ 2008	Decisions about breast cancer treatment	Patients	Included interactions with both medical and surgical oncologists
Saba et al,³⁰ 2006	Shared decision making in primary care	Physicians and patients	Compared analysis of video recordings with analysis of video elicitation interviews
Frankel et al,²⁶ 2005	Instances of effective or significant communication during interactions	Physicians and patients	Edited audio-recorded interview comments directly onto video recordings before analysis; used both dyad and physician as units of analysis
Fossum et al,^31–33 2004	Perceptions of communication and quality of care in orthopedic clinics	Physicians and patients	Examined associations among interaction sequence, content, and patients’ expressions of satisfaction during interviews
Coleman et al,^34–36 1999	Discussions about smoking in primary care	Physicians	Investigator recorded several interactions with each physician and chose 1 per physician for elicitation interviews. Participants watched videos immediately before rather than during the interview
Epstein et al,³⁷ 1998	HIV risk assessment in primary care	Physicians and patients	Participants watched videos and made both spontaneous and HIV- related comments. Video elicitation interviews were followed by standard interviews focused on barriers to discussions of HIV risk
Cromarty,³⁸ 1996	Patients’ thoughts during primary care interactions	Patients	Interviewed a subset of participants from a larger sample of recorded interactions; interviewed patients in their homes
Cegala et al,^39,40 1996	Perceptions of communication competence in primary care	Physicians and patients	Used coded interviews for quantitative analysis; all interactions were recorded in the same room using a wall-mounted camera
Arborelius,^28,41–45 1990	Comparison of physician and patient perspectives; dilemmas in primary care	Physicians and patients	Conducted 2 video elicitation interviews: 1 for spontaneous comments, and 1 focused on content related to specific research questions
Treichler et al,⁴⁶ 1987	Power dynamics in physician- patient interactions	Physician and patient	Detailed, microanalysis of a single interaction; compares a physician’s and student’s interaction with the same patient
Frankel et al,²⁵ 1982	Comparison of physician and patient perspectives	Physicians and patients	Edited audio-recorded interview comments directly onto video recordings before analysis

HIV=human immunodeficiency virus.
Note: Multiple articles analyzing the same set of video elicitation interviews are listed together in a single row.
↵a Study reports that physicians were interviewed, but only data from patient interviews were reported.