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| the act of delaying seeking treatment of recognized symptoms |
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| Major Factor in delaying treatment |
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| the expense of treatment. if money is not regularly available, ppl tend to downplay their symptoms, and weight them against the expense |
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| delay in seeking treatment is more common in people |
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who dont have regular access to physicians
who have had the symptoms b4 but they weren't serious
whose primary symptom is atypical
when the illness is associated with a social stigma (AIDS) |
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| reasons for delay in seeking treatment |
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didn't recognize symptoms
thought symptoms would go away or weren't serious
embarrassed over seeking help
onset of symptoms at night
consulting others b4 alerting the proper medical staff |
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| time elapsed b/w recognition of symptoms and recognition that symptoms could be serious |
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| time elapsed b/w recognition that symptoms may imply illness and decision to seek treatment |
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| time elapsed between decision to seek treatment and actually seeking treatment |
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medical delay
(scheduling delay)
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(treatment delay) |
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time elapsed b/w calling and making an appointment and being treated
SD: time until receives medical attention
TD: begins treatment |
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| concerns when there is delay in seeking care |
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spread of infectious diseases (HIV)
diseases where time elapsed is very important (heart disease prenatal care) |
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Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment
community based intervention that seeks to get people to react to their symptoms more quickly |
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| REACT and Social Cognitive Theory |
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based on psychological theory:
portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly related to observing others within the context of social interactions, experiences, and outside media influences. |
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| REACT and Self-Regulatory Theory |
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| help-seeking as a self-regulating process in which perceptions of symptoms produce illness representations and action planning |
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Delay time decreased 4.7% in intervention ommunities and 6.8% in control communities
Emergency Medical Service use increased significantly in Intervention communities (20% more than control communities) |
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| characteristics of an effective physician-patient relationship |
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communicate clearly, avoid jargon and talking too fast
check for understanding
provide realistic previews of treatment
pay attention to non-verbal cues
avoid being judgmental (maybe about non-adherence) |
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| the sense of knowing the personal experience or internal states of another person |
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| where does empathy come from? |
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individual differences in natural ability:
altruistic personality
associated with heightened experience of empathetic feelings
role taking:
self focused - How would I feel?
other focused - How does he feel? |
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motivation to help
enhanced trust and respect across strata of society
enhanced patient satisfaction
better diagnosis and more effective treatment |
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| potential negative effects of empathy |
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empathetic over-arousal
empathetic distress becomes personal distress
burnout/compassion fatigue
caring vs justice dilemmas (girl crying to prof that she needs a good grade to graduate) |
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| how can empathy be taught |
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experiential learning (example of doctor forcing other doctors to be treated as patients for a day)
the empathy belly example |
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