Patient reported interpersonal processes of care and perceived social position: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

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• 作者：David Moskowitz^a ; ^{david.moskowitz@ucsf.edu} ; Courtney Rees Lyles^b ; Andrew J. Karter^d ; Nancy Adler^c ; Howard H. Moffet^d ; Dean Schillinger^a ; ^e
• 关键词：Patient&ndash ; physician communication ; Interpersonal processes of care ; Patient satisfaction ; Perceived social position ; Subjective socioeconomic status ; Diabetes
• 刊名：Patient Education and Counseling
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：March, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：90
• 期：3
• 页码：392-398
• 全文大小：230 K

文摘

Objective

A patient's sense of his/her standing in the social hierarchy may impact interpersonal processes of care (IPC) within the patient-provider encounter. We investigated the association of perceived social position with patient-reported IPC.

Methods

We used survey data from the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE), studying 11,105 insured patients with diabetes cared for in an integrated healthcare delivery system. Perceived social position was based on the MacArthur subjective social status ladder. Patient-reported IPC was based on a combined scale adapted from the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study provider communication subscale and the Trust in Physicians scale.

Results

Lower perceived social position was associated with poorer reported IPC (p < 0.001). The relationship remained statistically significant after controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, depressive symptoms, physical functioning, income and education.

Conclusion

Beyond objective measures of SES, patients¡¯ sense of where they fall in the social hierarchy may represent a pathway between social position and patient satisfaction with the quality of patient-provider communication in chronic disease.

Practice implications

Interventions to address disparities in communication in primary care should incorporate notions of patients¡¯ social position.