Rationale Uncertainty tolerance (UT) is an important, well-studied phenomenon in health
care and many other important domains of life, yet its conceptualization and measurement by …

Objective: Patient's trust in their physician is crucial for desirable treatment outcomes such
as satisfaction and adherence. In oncology, trust is possibly even more essential, due to the …

OBJECTIVE: Scripted video-vignette studies enable experimental investigation of specific
elements of patient–provider communication, separating cause and effect. However, scripted …

Background: Stress and stress-related illnesses are increasing among medical specialists.
This threatens the quality of patient care. In this study we investigated (a) levels of job stress …

Burnout is a long-term stress reaction seen primar-ily in the human service professions. It is
a “psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced …

OBJECTIVE: To compare patients’ and physicians’ visit-specific satisfaction in an internal
medicine outpatient setting, and to explain their respective views. DESIGN: Patients’ and …

Objective The diagnosis of incurable cancer may evoke physiological arousal in patients.
Physiological arousal can negatively impact patients’ recall of information provided in the …

Importance Previous studies have evaluated the diagnostic effect of amyloid positron emission
tomography (PET) in selected research cohorts. However, these research populations do …

Background: Physicians’ patient-centered communication in the medical consultation is
generally expected to improve patient outcomes. However, empirical evidence is contradictory …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common hereditary heart disease associated with
heart failure and sudden death. Quality of life and psychological distress were found to be …