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The Relationship Between Osteopathic Family Physicians’ Use of Manipulative Therapy and Their Perceived Empathy for Patients

Journal: The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association Date: 2010/01, 110(1):Pages: 26. doi: Subito , type of study: cross sectional study

Full text    (https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7556/jaoa.2010.110.1.24/html)

Keywords:

cross sectional study [842]
family medicine [51]
empathy [59]
OMT [3752]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3772]
osteopathic physicians [203]
USA [1656]

Abstract:

Hypothesis: This study investigated the hypothesis that more frequent use of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) by osteopathic family physicians would be associated with a higher level of physician empathy as perceived by patients. Materials and Methods: First, 505 active members of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians in Ohio were surveyed concerning the use of OMT in their practices. Second, 59 physicians interested in the empathy portion of the study received 50 empathy rating forms for their patients to complete. Examples of the 10 items on the form included rating the extent to which the physician “is interested in you as a whole person” and “shows care and compassion.” The empathy rating scores could range from 10 (“poor” on all 10 items) to 50 (“excellent” on all 10 items). This study was approved by the Ohio University institutional review board. Results: The survey response rate was 36%, and osteopathic family physicians in Ohio performed OMT on a median of 10% of their patients. As of August 21, 2009, completed forms from 10 of the 59 physicians were received. These 10 physicians received high empathy scores after averaging the ratings from 25 to 50 patients per physician: average empathy scores ranged from 45.7 to 48.9 among the physicians, with an overall average score of 47.3, quite close to the maximum score of 50. Conclusions: There was no association between greater use of OMT and perceived empathy scores in this study. The narrow range of physician empathy scores reduced the likelihood of finding an association between perceived empathy and any other variable. The high average empathy scores suggest that the osteopathic family physicians who completed the second part of the study have excellent relationships with their patients and are perceived as being attentive to and compassionate for each unique patient.


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