Impact of physician empathy on migraine disability and migraineur compliance

Impact of physician empathy on migraine disability and migraineur compliance

We aim to establish the role that perceived physician empathy plays in determining migraineurs' outcomes and compliance with migraine management plans. We checked for associations between perceived physician empathy and clinical outcomes as well as compliance with management plans. 63 migraineu...

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Published in:Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology Vol. 15; no. Suppl 1; pp. S89 - S94
Main Authors: Attar, Hatim S, Chandramani, Srinath
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01-08-2012
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects:
Behavior
Care and treatment
Communication
Compliance
Confidentiality
Consent
Data processing
Diagnosis
Diets
Emotions
Empathy
Headache
Headaches
Influence
Inventories
Management
Migraine
migraine disorders
Original
Pain
Patient compliance
Patient satisfaction
Physician and patient
Physicians
Psychological aspects
Questionnaires
Self-assessment
Sleep
Statistical analysis
Studies
India
patient compliance
Empathy
headache
migraine disorders
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Summary:We aim to establish the role that perceived physician empathy plays in determining migraineurs' outcomes and compliance with migraine management plans. We checked for associations between perceived physician empathy and clinical outcomes as well as compliance with management plans. 63 migraineurs were enrolled between July and September 2011. Questionnaire administered at the time of inclusion into the study included self-assessment of disability due to migraine (Migraine Disability Assessment Test) followed by migraineurs' assessment of physician empathy (Consultation and Relational Empathy Measure). Three months later, a telephonic questionnaire ascertained changes in disability due to migraine and compliance with migraine treatment. Data was entered in Microsoft Excel 2010 and analyzed using SPSS 17. Pearson's correlation was employed to analyze the significance of relationship between variables. P-value of less than 0.05 has been considered statistically significant. Statistically significant positive Pearson's correlations are seen between perceived empathy and decrease in migraine disability and symptoms over three months (P < 0.05). Significant positive relationships are also seen between perceived empathy and compliance with diet/meal timings, exercising, de-stressing/sleep pattern modification and medications (P < 0.05). Self-reported compliance is significantly correlated with improved patient outcomes (P < 0.05). Substantial positive associations are found between perceived physician empathy and migraineurs' outcomes and compliance with management plans. This emphasizes the importance of empathy in migraineur-physician communication.
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ISSN:0972-2327
1998-3549
DOI:10.4103/0972-2327.100025