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The physician-patient relationship and quality of life: lessons from chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


ABSTRACT: We evaluated patients' satisfaction with the physician caring for them as part of an international web-based survey of quality of life (QOL) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL; n=1482). Over half (55.9%) of patients thought about their diagnosis daily. Although >90% felt their doctor understood how their disease was progressing (i.e., stage, blood counts, nodes), <70% felt their physician understood how CLL affected their QOL (anxiety, worry, fatigue). Reported satisfaction with their physician in a variety of areas strongly related to patients' measured emotional and overall QOL (all p<0.001). Physician use of specific euphemistic phrases to characterize CLL (e.g., "CLL is the 'good' leukemia") was also associated with lower emotional QOL among patients (p<0.001). These effects on QOL remained (p<0.001) after adjustment for age, co-morbid health conditions, fatigue, and treatment status. The effectiveness with which physicians help patients adjust to the physical, intellectual, and emotional challenges of CLL appears to impact patient QOL.

SUBMITTER: Shanafelt TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2643424 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The physician-patient relationship and quality of life: lessons from chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Shanafelt Tait D TD   Bowen Deborah A DA   Venkat Chaya C   Slager Susan L SL   Zent Clive S CS   Kay Neil E NE   Reinalda Megan M   Tun Han H   Sloan Jeff A JA   Call Timothy G TG  

Leukemia research 20080725 2


We evaluated patients' satisfaction with the physician caring for them as part of an international web-based survey of quality of life (QOL) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL; n=1482). Over half (55.9%) of patients thought about their diagnosis daily. Although >90% felt their doctor understood how their disease was progressing (i.e., stage, blood counts, nodes), <70% felt their physician understood how CLL affected their QOL (anxiety, worry, fatigue). Reported satisfaction with  ...[more]

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