Debra Roter|Lori H. Erby|Ann Adams|Christopher D. Buckingham|Laura Vail|Alba Realpe|Susan Larson|Judith A. Hall
Talking about depression: An analogue study of physician gender and communication style on patient disclosures
disentangle effects physician gender patientcentered communication style patients oral engagement depression carephysician gender physician race communication style high patientcentered hpc low patientcentered lpc manipulated presented videotaped actors within computer simulated medical visit assess effects analogue patient ap verbal responsiveness care ratings 307 aps 56 female 70 african american randomly assigned conditions instructed verbally respond depressionrelated questions indicate willingness continue care disclosures coded using roter interaction analysis system riasboth male female aps talked overall conveyed psychosocial emotional talk hpc gender discordant doctors p05 aps willing continue treatment genderdiscordant hpc physicians p05 effects evident lpc conditionfindings highlight role physician gender considering active patient engagement patientcentered depression care pattern suggests may largely underappreciated consequential effects associated patient expectations regard physician gender differ patient genderhigh patientcenteredness increases active patient engagement depression care especially gender discordant dyads