Doctor-related factors | Present in # consultations (%) | |
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1. | Doctor knows patient and his social context | 29 (72) |
2. | Doctor knows patients’ medical history | 35 (88) |
3. | Doctor knows patients’ way of communicating | 29 (72) |
4. | Doctor is very experienced | 34 (85) |
Patient-related factors | ||
5. | Specific patient verbal behaviour | 11 (27) |
6. | Specific patient non-verbal behaviour | 1 (3) |
7. | Patient is also treated by other provider | 12 (30) |
8. | Patient has a disease (diagnosis) or (recurrent) problem known to both doctor and patient | 24 (60) |
9. | Patient is familiar with (physical) examination (PE) | 23 (58) |
Consultation-related factors | ||
10. | Single consultation | 23 (58) |
11. | First consultation in a series1 | 4 (10) |
12. | Follow-up consultation in a series2 | 11 (28) |
13. | Consultation in a series based on protocol (initiative by doctor)3 | 1 (3) |
14. | Consultation in preventive care (initiative doctor)4 | 1 (3) |
15. | Diagnosed problem is easily solved | 3 (8) |
16. | Problem urgently needs medical care | 1 (3) |
17. | Diagnosed problem is mainly psychosocial | 2 (5) |
18. | There is more than one person (patient) present | 12 (30) |
19. | Characteristics of physical examination: | Â |
- simple | 30 (75) | |
- invasive | 4 (10) | |
- intimate | 6 (15) | |
- superficial | 29 (73) | |
- leaves room for talk | 10 (25) | |
- requires full attention | 27 (68) |