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KMID : 0613620180380030279
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Health Social Welfare Review
2018 Volume.38 No. 3 p.279 ~ p.302
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The Relationship between Physicians’ Patient-Centered Communication and the Quality of Life of Patients with Chronic Diseases: Focusing on Mediating Effect of Health Behavior
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Lee Jeong-Seon
Choi Man-Kyu
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Abstract
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It is reported that physicians’ patient-centered communication improves patients’ satisfaction and trust in their physicians, which can affect their health-related behaviors and, in turn, their quality of life. However, patient-centered communication has not been actively researched in Korea. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of patient-centered communication on the quality of life of chronically ill patients and to verify the mediating role of health-related behaviors such as drinking, smoking, and physical activity. To that end, we conducted a mediated regression analysis for 1,680 patients who were identified in the 2015 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey as having hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and/or hypercholesterolemia. According to the results, patient-centered communication contributed to inducing health-oriented behaviors in chronically ill patients, and health-promoting behaviors played the role of mediators that positively influenced their quality of life. This study confirmed the importance of patient-centered communication in managing and treating chronic diseases and in improving the quality of life of the patients.
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KEYWORD
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Patient-Centered Communication, Chronic Disease, Health Behavior, Quality of Life
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