Enablement After Consultation in Primary Healthcare: How Do Patients and Doctors Cross-Sectionally Evaluate It in Northern Portugal
Isabel Inês Loureiro, Andreia Teixeira, Mariana Fleming Torrinha, Luiz Miguel Santiago, Sofia Baptista · 2025
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Loureiro and co-authors ask whether patients and their family doctors agree on how much a consultation helped the patient feel able to manage their illness. This sense of enablement is measured by a short questionnaire, the Patient Enablement Instrument, widely treated as the standard tool for the job.
In northern Portugal, sixteen doctors and 238 patients each filled in the questionnaire after the same visits. Patients reported clearly higher enablement than their doctors did, with medians of eight versus six on a twelve-point scale, and agreement between the pairs was poor. The authors conclude that doctors underestimate how enabled patients feel, and that what drives enablement needs further study.
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| CREATOR | Isabel Inês Loureiro, Andreia Teixeira, Mariana Fleming Torrinha, Luiz Miguel Santiago, Sofia Baptista |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |