Abstract

The purpose of this study was to see what information concerning eight aspects of their health problems was communicated to return patients in the General Medicine Clinic of a part-pay urban outpatient department, and who of the clinic personnel were involved in verbalizing this information.

The descriptive survey was chosen as the method of study, using the observation technique with a work sheet. The eight categories of the work sheet were decided upon by a review of literature. These were broken down into four levels beginning with no information or slight information and progressing to greater depth and detail.

The data was analysed (1) for the percentage and frequency of information being verbalized in the eight categories for fifty return patients, (2) for the significant difference between information given on the cursory level m compared to the combined deeper levels. (3) for the significant difference in the amount of information given when comparing patients grouped according to the numbers of visits the patients had previously made to the clinic, (4) for the percentage of Involvement by the various personnel of the clinic.

One hundred percent of the patients to whom the category applied heard information on "New Tests," and "Home Treatments," 97.7 per cent on "Medicines," and 91,3 per cent on "diet," Fifty per cent of all the patients heard Information on "Mature of Illness,1 74 per cent on "Diagnosis," 68 per cent on "Prognosis," and 66.6 per cent on "Test Results."

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

Ruth M. White

Second Advisor

Winifred Edwards

Third Advisor

Betty Trubey

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1962

Date (Title Page)

6-1962

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Physician-Patient Relations; Communication; Community Health Centers

Type

Thesis

Page Count

vii; 76

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

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This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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