Self-Care Efficacy–Mediated Associations Between Healthcare Provider-Patient Communication and Psychological Distress Among Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancers

Conclusion Psychological distress is prevalent among patients with GI cancers. Healthcare provider-patient communication, especially communication outcome, promoted patients’ self-care efficacy to reduce psychological distress. Implications for Practice Healthcare providers should design interventions to improve communication outcomes and eventually increase self-care efficacy to relieve psychological distress among patients with GI cancers.
Source: Cancer Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: ARTICLES: ONLINE ONLY Source Type: research