EXPECTATIONS OF THE PATIENTS REFERRED TO PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE DOCTORS
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2017, Vol 15, Issue 1
Abstract
[b]Background: [/b]Understanding the expectations of patients seems to be an essential complement to medical diagnosis and an aid in ordaining the healing process. The aim of this study was to assess and analyse the expectations of patients who are re ferred to physical and rehabilitation medicine doctors as a result of various musculoskeletal diseases.[b]Material/Methods:[/b] 90 patients were tested, including 34 males and 56 females, ranging in age from 22 to 88 years (mean age 52.5 ± 19.54), who go to see a doctor predominantly because of back pain. As adopted by Juczyński, the questionnaire assessing patients’ expectations “Patients’ Request Form (PRF), was em ploy ed for statistical analysis, the Mann-Whitney U, Kur skala-Wallis and chi-square tests were also used. [b]Results:[/b] It has been shown that primarily all patients await the diagnosis of their disease and then information about further examination and treatment. Expectation of any emotional support was at the lowest rate, though it did increase with age and was higher in women than in men (p <0.05). The majority of respondents express a wish to take advantage of supplementary physiotherapeutic consultations, ones specially targeted for interim aid, especially when the waiting time for any assigned rehabilitation is two-months and longer. [b]Conclusions:[/b] Further research on patients’ expectations towards medical rehabilitation specialists should be conducted, and its results should be taken into account in the treatment process in order to improve the efficiency and quality of medical services as well as the entire, long-lasting therapy process.
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Anna Cabak
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