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Table 1 Correspondence between communication preferences by people with ID and criteria used in GP training*

From: Doctor-patient communication with people with intellectual disability - a qualitative study

Preferences:

Criteria:

1: telling

symptoms

2: asking

questions

3:

listening

4: taking

seriously

5:

time

6: showing

consideration

7: demonstrating physical

examination

8: talking to

support worker

Item 1 Introduction

X

X

      

Item 2 Follow-up consultation

 

X

      

Item 3 Request for help

X

X

X

  

X

  

Item 4 Physical examination

   

X

 

X

X

 

Item 5 Diagnosis

 

X

 

X

 

X

  

Item 6 Management

   

X

 

X

  

Item 7 Evaluation of consultation

  

X

X

 

X

  

Item 8 Exploration

X

X

X

X

 

X

  

Item 9 Emotions

   

X

    

Item 10 Information provision

   

X

    

Item 11 Summarising

X

 

X

  

X

  

Item 12 Structuring

        

Item 13 Empathy

X

  

X

    
  1. * preferences derived from focus group discussion and interviews with people with ID; criteria from MAAS-Global Manual