Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Rodriguez-Almonte FE
Spain
Research Article
Gender Differences in Verbal Behavior Style in Interviews in Family Medicine:
Mars and Venus, or North Dakota and South Dakota?
Author(s): Jose Luis Turabian, Minier-Rodriguez LE, Moreno-Ruiz S, Rodriguez-Almonte FE, Cucho-Jove R and Villarin-Castro AJose Luis Turabian, Minier-Rodriguez LE, Moreno-Ruiz S, Rodriguez-Almonte FE, Cucho-Jove R and Villarin-Castro A
Objective: To describe and compare the doctor-patient communication referred to the verbal behavior of the female patients vs. males in the family medicine consultation.
Participants and Methods: Secondary analysis of existing dataset coded to explore patient-clinician verbal communication during ambulatory visits in a family medicine office in a health Centre in Toledo (Spain) was carried out. The audio recording of the consultations and verbal content analysis of the interviews, based on the identification of 6 categories of classification of behaviors of the interaction process (Proposing, Supporting/ Agreeing, Disagreeing, Giving Information, Seeking Information, and Building) was performed. A convenience sample was carried out. Other variables included were age, sex and duration of the consultation in minutes. Triangulation between diff.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0420.1000365