Patient Education and Counseling

Article	Citations
Effective health communication – a key factor in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic	234
Integrating health behavior theories to predict American’s intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine	181
Health literacy in rural and urban populations: A systematic review	116
Using pictures to convey health information: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects on patient and consumer health behaviors and outcomes	80
Opportunities to improve COVID-19 provider communication resources: A systematic review	76
Toward a consensus on the nature of empathy: A review of reviews	69
A systematic review of interventions for family caregivers who care for patients with advanced cancer at home	68
Concerns of women regarding pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic	64
Effects of parent-provider communication during infant hospitalization in the NICU on parents: A systematic review with meta-synthesis and narrative synthesis	57
Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination intention: The roles of vaccine knowledge, vaccine risk perception, and doctor-patient communication	54
Implications of the current COVID-19 pandemic for communication in healthcare	52
The influence of online health information on health decisions: A systematic review	51
A scoping review of the use of visual aids in health education materials for persons with low-literacy levels	49
Empowerment in healthcare: A thematic synthesis and critical discussion of concept analyses of empowerment	48
Shared decision making: What is the work?	48
Patient and clinician experiences of uncertainty in the diagnostic process: Current understanding and future directions	44
Virtual reality as a patient education tool in healthcare: A scoping review	43
What makes a patient ready for Shared Decision Making? A qualitative study	41
A Mixed Methods Examination of Health Care Provider Behaviors That Build Patients’ Trust	41
Effects of health coaching on behavioral modification among adults with cardiovascular risk factors: Systematic review and meta-analysis	39
Quality of online information for the general public on COVID-19	39
Critical observations on and suggested ways forward for healthcare communication during COVID-19: pEACH position paper	39
Effectiveness of communicative and educative strategies in chronic low back pain patients: A systematic review	39
The experiences and perspectives of family surrogate decision-makers: A systematic review of qualitative studies	38
Definitions and use of the teach-back method in healthcare consultations with patients: A systematic review and thematic synthesis	38

I’m not putting on that floral gown: Enforcement and resistance of gender expectations for transgender people with cancer	37
Impact of pictograms on medication adherence: A systematic literature review	37
Parents’ needs and perceived gaps in communication with healthcare professionals in the neonatal (intensive) care unit: A qualitative interview study	37
Definitions, instruments and correlates of patient empowerment: A descriptive review	37
Patients’ and providers’ perspectives on sexual health discussion in the United States: A scoping review	36
Language barriers between nurses and patients: A scoping review	35
What Influences the Implementation of Shared Decision Making: An Umbrella Review	35
Health literacy in the general population in the context of epidemic or pandemic coronavirus outbreak situations: Rapid scoping review	35
Impact of technology-based patient education on modifiable cardiovascular risk factors of people with coronary heart disease: A systematic review	33
Remote shared decision making through telemedicine: A systematic review of the literature	33
Ask Rosa – The making of a digital genetic conversation tool, a chatbot, about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer	32
Providing equitable care to patients with limited dominant language proficiency amid the COVID-19 pandemic	32
Assessing patients´ preferences for breaking Bad News according to the SPIKES-Protocol: the MABBAN scale	32
Combining mHealth and health-coaching for improving self-management in chronic care. A scoping review	31
Patient and Public Involvement in research: A journey to co-production	31
Neurologists’ perceptions of utilising tele-neurology to practice remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic	31
Attitudes, knowledge and practice behaviours of oncology health care professionals towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) patients and their carers: A mixed-methods s	30
Defining and implementing patient-centered care: An umbrella review	30
Oncologists’ experiences caring for LGBTQ patients with cancer: Qualitative analysis of items on a national survey	29
Giving and receiving social support in online substance use disorder forums: How self-efficacy moderates effects on relapse	29
Evaluation of first-person storytelling on changing health-related attitudes, knowledge, behaviors, and outcomes: A scoping review	29
The effectiveness of peer support on self-efficacy and self-management in people with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis	29
Reflective practice in the teaching of communication skills	28
Impact of health literacy in patients with cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Attachment styles as predictors of self-reported empathy in medical students during pre-clinical years	27
Generalized shared decision making approaches and patient problems. Adapting AHRQ’s SHARE Approach for Purposeful SDM	27
Clinicians’ accounts of communication with patients in end-of-life care contexts: A systematic review	27
The power of clinician-expressed empathy to increase information recall in advanced breast cancer care: an observational study in clinical care, exploring the mediating role of anxiety	27
Empowerment-oriented strategies to identify behavior change in patients with chronic diseases: An integrative review of the literature	27
Examining persuasive message type to encourage staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and social lockdown: A randomized controlled study in Japan	26
The effectiveness of a person-centred communication skills training programme for the health care professionals of a large hospital in Denmark	26
Educational programs to teach shared decision making to medical trainees: A systematic review	26
The evidence supporting educational videos for patients and caregivers receiving hospice and palliative care: A systematic review	26
For which decisions is Shared Decision Making considered appropriate? – A systematic review	26
Effect of question prompt lists for cancer patients on communication and mental health outcomes—A systematic review	26
Literacy skills, language use, and online health information seeking among Hispanic adults in the United States	26
Vaccine for yourself, your community, or your country? Examining audiences’ response to distance framing of COVID-19 vaccine messages	25
Rural cancer survivors’ health information needs post-treatment	25
Learning shared decision-making in clinical practice	25
The communication of uncertainty in health: A scoping review	24
Predicting decisional conflict: Anxiety and depression in shared decision making	24
Training healthcare professionals in LGBTI cultural competencies: Exploratory findings from the Health4LGBTI pilot project	24
Start with reducing sedentary behavior: A stepwise approach to physical activity counseling in clinical practice	24
Risk perceptions of COVID-19 and its impact on precautionary behavior: A qualitative study	23
Implementation of evidence-based PCOS lifestyle management guidelines: Perceived barriers and facilitators by consumers using the Theoretical Domains Framework and COM-B Model	23
Giving and receiving a diagnosis of a progressive neurological condition: A scoping review of doctors’ and patients’ perspectives	23
Sharing genetic test results with family members of BRCA, PALB2, CHEK2, and ATM carriers	23
Mitigating language and cultural barriers in healthcare communication: Toward a holistic approach	23
The Roles of medical interpreters in intensive care unit communication: A qualitative study	22
Scoping review: Definitions and outcomes of patient-provider language concordance in healthcare	22

Mobile apps for weight management in children and adolescents; An updated systematic review	22
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among low-income, racially and ethnically diverse US parents	22
The functions of adequate communication in the neonatal care unit: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research	22
Upscaling communication skills training – lessons learned from international initiatives	22
Psychological factors involved in psychopharmacological medication adherence in mental health patients: A systematic review	22
How can we describe impact of adult patient participation in health-service development? A scoping review	22
Assessing the effectiveness of a narrative-based patient education video for promoting opioid tapering	22
Engaging patients and families in communication across transitions of care: An integrative review	21
Public awareness in Egypt about COVID-19 spread in the early phase of the pandemic	21
“A bit of everything”: Health literacy interventions in chronic conditions – a systematic review	21
Characterizing Wuhan residents’ mask-wearing intention at early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic	21
Experiences of empathy training in healthcare: A systematic review of qualitative studies	21
Communication practices of healthcare professionals when caring for overweight/obese pregnant women: A scoping review	21
Utility of a virtual counselor (VICKY) to collect family health histories among vulnerable patient populations: A randomized controlled trial	21
The role of weight bias and role-modeling in medical students’ patient-centered communication with higher weight standardized patients	20
Preference for and understanding of graphs presenting health risk information. The role of age, health literacy, numeracy and graph literacy	20
Impact of patient information behaviours in online health communities on patient compliance and the mediating role of patients’ perceived empathy	20
Challenges faced by families of critically ill patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic	20
Effectiveness of an education intervention associated with an exercise program in improving disease-related knowledge and health behaviours among diabetes patients	20
Exploring approaches to identify, incorporate and report patient preferences in clinical guidelines: Qualitative interviews with guideline developers	20
How do social media users process cancer prevention messages on Facebook? An eye-tracking study	20
The role and effectiveness of augmented reality in patient education: A systematic review of the literature	20
The associations between reflective ability and communication skills among medical students	20
The use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality in doctor-patient risk communication: A scoping review	19
Making shared decisions in relation to planned caesarean sections: What are we up to?	19
The use of virtual reality in patient education related to medical somatic treatment: A scoping review	19
The effect of transition care interventions incorporating health coaching strategies for stroke survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
The challenges with managing polycystic ovary syndrome: A qualitative study of women’s and clinicians’ experiences	19
Veterans’ perceptions of racial bias in VA mental healthcare and their impacts on patient engagement and patient-provider communication	19
Older adults with chronic illness – Caregiver burden in the Asian context: A systematic review	18
Best practice in the implementation of telehealth-based supportive cancer care: Using research evidence and discipline-based guidance	18
Racial disparities in clinician responses to patient emotions	18
The information needs of internet users and their requirements for online health information—A scoping review of qualitative and quantitative studies	18
The aspects of healthcare quality that are important to health professionals and patients: A qualitative study	18
Association of conflicting information from healthcare providers and poor shared decision making with suboptimal adherence in direct oral anticoagulant treatment: A cross-sectional study in patients w	18
Using crowdsourced medicine to manage uncertainty on Reddit: The case of COVID-19 long-haulers	18
Identifying strategies to implement patient-centred care for women: Qualitative interviews with women	18
Effects of an educational intervention on heart failure knowledge, self-care behaviors, and health-related quality of life of patients with heart failure: Exploring the role of depression	18
The impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients, their carers and oncology health professionals: A qualitative study	17
Agreement of physician and patient ratings of communication in medical encounters: A systematic review and meta-analysis of interrater agreement	17
Hope, uncertainty, and control: A theoretical integration in the context of serious illness	17
Development and early implementation of an Accessible, Relational, Inclusive and Actionable approach to genetic counseling: The ARIA model	17
Introducing Edna: A trainee chatbot designed to support communication about additional (secondary) genomic findings	17
Use of healthy conversation skills to promote healthy diets, physical activity and gestational weight gain: Results from a pilot randomised controlled trial	17
Cancer survivor’s perspectives on the major challenge in the transition to survivorship	17
Tested communication strategies for providing information to patients in medical consultations: A scoping review and quality assessment of the literature	16
Main COVID-19 information sources in a culturally and linguistically diverse community in Sydney, Australia: A cross-sectional survey	16
Misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose in emergency care: Causes and empathy as a solution	16
Cancer patients’ perspectives on financial burden in a universal healthcare system: Analysis of qualitative data from participants from 20 provincial cancer centers in Canada	16
What does the structure of a medical consultation look like? A new method for visualising doctor-patient communication	16
Loss of patient centeredness in interpreter-mediated primary care visits	16
The use of simulation in medical student education on the topic of breaking bad news: A systematic review	16
Developing communication curricula in healthcare education: An evidence-based guide	16
Shared decision making, patient-centered communication and patient satisfaction – A cross-sectional analysis	16
Cognitive impairment no dementia and associations with health literacy, self-management skills, and functional health status	16
Exploring cancer patients’, caregivers’, and clinicians’ utilisation and experiences of telehealth services during COVID-19: A qualitative study	16
Health literacy as a predictor of emergency department visits and self-rated health among Chinese immigrants: findings from an Australian survey	16
Online peer-to-peer support for persons affected by prostate cancer: A systematic review	16
The impact of shared decision making on time consumption and clinical decisions. A prospective cohort study	15
Managing everyday life: Self-management strategies people use to live well with neurological conditions	15
Initiating end-of-life decisions with parents of infants receiving neonatal intensive care	15
Worldwide review with meta-analysis of women’s awareness about breast cancer	15
Patient-Provider communication with teach-back, patient-centered diabetes care, and diabetes care education	15
The relationship between medical students’ empathy and burnout levels by gender and study years	15
Preoperative concerns of patients undergoing general surgery	15
Utility of mobile technology in medical interpretation: A literature review of current practices	15
Telehealth delivery of motivational interviewing for diabetes management: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	15
Asking about self-harm and suicide in primary care: Moral and practical dimensions	15
What is clinical empathy? Perspectives of community members, university students, cancer patients, and physicians	15
“I think that everybody should be involved”: What informs experiences of shared decision-making in supporting people living with schizophrenia spectrum disorders?	15
Barriers and enablers of older adults initiating a deprescribing conversation	15
A systematic scoping review of psychosocial and psychological factors associated with patient activation	15
Efficacy of a dyadic intervention to improve communication between patients with cancer and their caregivers: A randomized pilot trial	15
Change is possible: How increased patient activation is associated with favorable changes in well-being, self-management and health outcomes among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A prospective l	15
Motivations and barriers to pursue cancer genomic testing: A systematic review	15
Examining the direct and indirect effects of trust in motivating COVID-19 vaccine uptake	14
Impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on counseling self-efficacy: A randomized controlled crossover trial	14
Inclusion of person-centred care in medical and nursing undergraduate curricula in the UK: Interviews and documentary analysis	14
Oncology patients’ preferences regarding sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) disclosure and room sharing	14
Two years with COVID-19: New - and old - challenges for health communication research	14

Summarizing recommendations to eliminate weight stigma in prenatal health care settings: A scoping review	14
Developing a video intervention to improve youth question-asking and provider education during paediatric diabetes clinic encounters: The Promoting Adolescents Communication and Engagement study	14
Uncertainty management for individuals with Lynch Syndrome: Identifying and responding to healthcare barriers	14
The effect of motivational interviewing on metabolic control and psychosocial variables in individuals diagnosed with diabetes: Systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Evaluation of the quality and readability of online information about breast cancer in China	14
Contextualizing care: An essential and measurable clinical competency	14
Virtual patient simulation in breaking bad news training for medical students	14
Underpinning of the sharing knowledge about immunisation (SKAI) communication approach: A qualitative study using recorded observations	14
The role of digital patient education in maternal health: A systematic review	14
Factors affecting cancer patients’ electronic communication with providers: Implications for COVID-19 induced transitions to telehealth	14
Nurse-led health coaching programme to improve hospital-to-home transitional care for stroke survivors: A randomised controlled trial	13
What doubts, concerns and fears about COVID-19 emerged during the first wave of the pandemic?	13
The association between patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient participation in chronic care: A scoping review	13
Common sense model of self-regulation for understanding adherence and quality of life in type 2 diabetes with structural equation modeling	13
Patients’ perspectives on shared decision making in secondary mental healthcare in Taiwan: A qualitative study	13
Toward a basic science of communication in serious illness	13
Effects of health literacy skills, educational attainment, and level of melanoma risk on responses to personalized genomic testing	13
Impact of a physician recommendation on COVID-19 vaccination intent among vaccine hesitant individuals	13
Development of a coronavirus social distance attitudes scale	13
The role of peer support education model on the quality of life and self-care behaviors of patients with myocardial infarction	13
Understanding cancer caregiver burden over time: Dyadic assessments of family cohesion, conflict and communication	13
Deaf adults at higher risk for severe illness: COVID-19 information preference and perceived health consequences	13
Motivational interviewing to support medication adherence in adults with chronic conditions: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials	13
Translation and evaluation of a comprehensive educational program for cardiac rehabilitation patients in Latin America: A multi-national, longitudinal study	13
Patient perceptions of trust formation in the surgeon-patient relationship: A thematic analysis	13
Rapid review of virus risk communication interventions: Directions for COVID-19	13
Opportunities and limitations of shared decision making in multidisciplinary tumor conferences with patient participation – A qualitative interview study with providers	13
Parents’ information needs, treatment concerns, and psychological well-being when their child is diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A systematic review	13
Effects of narrative persuasion in promoting influenza vaccination in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial	13
‘More than words’ – Interpersonal communication, cognitive bias and diagnostic errors	13
The association between frailty and medication adherence among community-dwelling older adults with chronic diseases: Medication beliefs acting as mediators	13
Supporting health literacy using an interactive app for symptom management during radiotherapy for prostate cancer	12
Prenatal counseling for extreme prematurity at the limit of viability: A scoping review	12
Challenges for healthcare communication during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Incorporating shared decision making into communication with older adults with cancer and their caregivers: Development and evaluation of a geriatric shared decision-making communication skills traini	12
Twelve tips for patient involvement in health professions education	12
Family interventions for adults living with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative meta-synthesis	12
The impact of communicating uncertain test results in cancer genetic counseling: A systematic mixed studies review	12
Open dialogue about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) integrated in conventional oncology care, characteristics and impact. A systematic review	12
Triadic agreement about advanced cancer treatment decisions: Perceptions among patients, families, and oncologists	12
Making the most of video recorded clinical encounters: Optimizing impact and productivity through interdisciplinary teamwork	12
Patient-provider communication patterns among Asian American immigrant subgroups in New York City	12
Patient involvement in micro-decisions in intensive care	12
How can pharmacists develop patient-pharmacist communication skills? A realist synthesis	12
The meaning of rapport for patients, families, and healthcare professionals: A scoping review	12
The effect of a scalable online training module for shared decision making based on flawed video examples – a randomized controlled trial	12
Effect of nurse-led program on the exercise behavior of coronary artery patients: Pender’s Health Promotion Model	12
Openness to new perspectives created by patient participation at the morbidity and mortality meeting	12
The use of video for patient information and education: A scoping review of the variability and effectiveness of interventions	12
Validation of an Australian parenting health literacy skills instrument: The parenting plus skills index	12
Discharge planning, self-management, and community support: Strategies to avoid psychiatric rehospitalisation from a service user perspective	12
The Look After Yourself (LAY) intervention to improve self-management in stroke survivors: Results from a quasi-experimental study	12
Cardiovascular-targeted patient education and uptake of influenza vaccination in elderly patients	12
Development and preliminarily validation of the Complementary Medicine Disclosure Index	12
Can self-management programmes change healthcare utilisation in COPD?	12
Shared decision making and consent post-Montgomery, UK Supreme Court judgement supporting best practice	12
Barriers and facilitators to the availability of efficacious self-directed digital health tools for adults living with cancer and their caregivers: A systematic literature review and author survey stu	11
Tools to measure health literacy among Chinese speakers: A systematic review	11
Filling the gaps of patient information needs and information perception in chronic myeloid leukemia with the patient-physician co-produced web-based platform CMyLife	11
Empathic communication as a “Risky strength” for health during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of frontline Italian healthcare workers	11
Translating knowledge into practice for communication skills training for health care professionals	11
The needs of gynecological cancer survivors at the end of primary treatment: A scoping review and proposed model to guide clinical discussions	11
Communicating polygenic risk scores in the familial breast cancer clinic	11
Effect of progressive muscle relaxation on postoperative pain, fatigue, and vital signs in patients with head and neck cancers: A randomized controlled trial	11
Effects of preoperative individualized audiovisual education on anxiety and comfort in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: randomised controlled study	11
Exploring health literacy and self-management after kidney transplantation: A prospective cohort study	11
The Current State of Doctors’ Communication Skills in Mainland China from the Perspective of Doctors’ Self-evaluation and Patients’ Evaluation: A Cross-Sectional Study	11
Health beliefs associated with preventive behaviors against noncommunicable diseases	11
Effect of information format on intentions and beliefs regarding diagnostic imaging for non-specific low back pain: A randomised controlled trial in members of the public	11
Changes in Health Literacy during the first year following a kidney transplantation: Using the Health Literacy Questionnaire	11
The effect of nutritional education program on quality of life and serum electrolytes levels in hemodialysis patients: A single-blind randomized controlled trial	11
What improves the likelihood of people receiving genetic test results communicating to their families about genetic risk?	11
Barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making in neonatal medicine: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of parental perceptions	11
Family communication about genomic sequencing: A qualitative study with cancer patients and relatives	11
Navigating care for rare diseases: Caregiver and patient advice for families and clinicians managing care for vascular malformations	11
Parental perspectives on promoting physical activity for their children surviving cancer: A qualitative study	11
Challenges and approaches to involving family caregivers in primary care	11
Self-management for pulmonary fibrosis: Insights from people living with the disease and healthcare professionals	11
Learning how to break bad news from worked examples: Does the presentation format matter when hints are embedded? Results from randomised and blinded field trials	11
Effectiveness of the video medium to supplement preoperative patient education: A systematic review of the literature	10
Shared decision-making in serious mental illness: A comparative study	10
Effectiveness and acceptability of a text message intervention (DTEXT) on HbA1c and self-management for people with type 2 diabetes. A randomized controlled trial	10
Decision-making support among racial and ethnic minorities diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer: A systematic review of the literature	10
Factors shaping the provision of sexual health education for adults with acute coronary syndrome: A scoping review	10
Pre-transplant evaluation completion for Black/African American renal patients: Two theoretical frameworks	10
Identifying residents’ educational needs to optimising postgraduate medical education about shared decision-making	10
Factors influencing autonomy supportive consultation: A realist review	10
The effect of a relationship-centered communication program on patient experience and provider wellness	10
Transitioning a home-based, motivational interviewing intervention among families to remote delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic: Key lessons learned	10
Lifestyle advice in UK Primary Care consultations: Doctors’ use of conditional forms of advice	10
Completion of advance directives among African Americans and Whites adults	10
Talking about Dr. Google: Communication strategies used by nurse practitioners and patients with inflammatory bowel disease in the Netherlands to discuss online health information	10
Impact of language preference and health literacy on health information-seeking experiences among a low-income, multilingual cohort	10
Parental role in decision-making for pediatric surgery: Perceptions of involvement in consultations for tonsillectomy	10
Critical evaluation of YouTube videos on colostomy and ileostomy: Can these videos be used as learning resources?	10