Abstract
Patients that suffer from invisible chronic illness (ICI) such as autoimmune conditions, neurological conditions, and gastrointestinal problems often struggle to obtain a proper medical diagnosis due to a lack of objective indicators to help health-care providers diagnose patients with ICIs. Thus, researchers conducted interviews with 21 participants with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) to determine what messages they received from health-care providers as they pursued a diagnosis, how they interpreted those messages, and what role mHealth technology may play in improving patient/provider communication and effective diagnosis/treatment of ICIs. Several themes regarding potential instructional communication intervention content emerged from the interview data, including physician communication to patients, patient interpretation of physician communication, and information-seeking via mHealth technology. Directions for future research and implications for patient and provider instruction and training, including utilizing the IDEA model, are discussed.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.31446/JCP.2021.1.02
Repository Citation
Warren, Jami Leigh; Clancy, Karen; Brady, Christy F.; Rump, Kendall; and New-Oglesby, Tayla, "Toward Improving Physician/Patient Communication Regarding Invisible Chronic Illness (ICI): The Potential of mHealth Technology in Instructional Communication" (2021). Health and Clinical Sciences Faculty Publications. 18.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/clinicalsci_facpub/18
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Journal of Communication Pedagogy, v. 4.
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