Patient Education and Counseling

Papers
(The TQCC of Patient Education and Counseling is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Navigating obstetric bad news: Insights from tertiary care medical teams228
The effect of preoperative education on postoperative pain and function after orthopedic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis105
Personalised written consultation summaries for patients: An ‘up-close, in-depth, inside-out’ exploration of a rheumatologist's patient-centred strategy102
The role of accountability in adherence programs102
Studying clinical communication through multiple lenses: The underused potential of inter-disciplinary collaborations93
Cancer care partners’ behavioral intention to use autonomy enhancing communication skills during accompanied visits after online skill training.86
A nurse-led approach to testing and adapting a telehealth guide for e-empathy in goals of care conversations for Black patients with chronic kidney disease82
Development and national consensus finding on patient-centred high stakes communication skills assessments for the Swiss Federal Licensing Examination in Medicine79
Current communication practices for biomarker testing in non-small cell lung cancer: Exploring patient and clinician perspectives64
Prostate cancer, online health information and communication technology – Bibliometric analysis of field with research frontiers63
Healthcare professionals’ behaviour regarding the implementation of shared decision-making in screening programmes: A systematic review59
Dyadic concordance and other considerations for matching pairs for peer support diabetes prevention interventions: A mixed methods assessment58
Involving caregivers in design and assessment of opioid risk and safety communication intervention in children56
Exploring health advice by dental professionals in USA: A secondary data analysis of NHANES (2015–2018)54
Innovative Communication Skills Training for First and Second Year Medical Students51
Investigating question-answer sequences in child mental health assessments: Engaging children and families through declarative question design49
Bringing personal perspective elicitation to the heart of shared decision-making: a scoping review48
“My gut feeling is…”: Identifying healthcare professionals communication about pain in rheumatology48
Methods: to elicit and evaluate the attainment of patient goals in older adults: a scoping review47
A communication training for pharmacy staff to improve the conversation about medication switches43
Train the trainer-certificate-programme for teachers of medical-therapeutic health professionals42
The use of AccuRx in collection of Friends and Family Test data in a primary care network42
Switching to remote public service interpreting with the help of training during the pandemic41
Postpartum Blues40
Effects of a temporal self-regulation theory-based intervention on self-management in hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial40
Psychometric properties of the revised Diabetes Knowledge Test using Rasch analysis39
Perspectives of international experts and the Danish citizens on the ‘relevant knowledge’ that citizens need for making informed choices about participation in cancer screening: Qualitative study39
Warding off a tyranny of reliability and validity39
Content and quality of consumer websites providing information about human papillomavirus infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: An environmental scan38
Acknowledging and addressing the many ethical aspects of disease36
Methods for analyzing actual communication: A shared decision making consultation under multiple methodological lenses36
Influence of patient-oriented organizational climate on physicians’ patient-centered behavior: The mediating role of patient-centeredness self-efficacy36
Introducing a brain health literacy framework to promote health equity for Latinos: A discussion paper35
“Letter to my future self” as a device for assessing health education effectiveness34
Health literacy friendly organizations – A scoping review about promoting health literacy in a surgical setting33
Exploring uncertainties regarding unsolicited findings in genetic testing32
Argumentative discourse in clinical dialogues: An interdisciplinary perspective32
Racial and ethnic disparities in communication study enrollment for young people with cancer: A descriptive analysis of the literature32
Corrigendum to “Instruments evaluating the duration and pace of clinical encounters: A scoping review” [Patient Educ Couns 131 (2025) 108591]32
The effect of nurse-led empowering education on nutrition impact side effects in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A randomised trial30
Information needs across time after a hematological cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study of patient and clinician perspectives30
Advancing communication skills in intensive care: Caring for relatives of critically ill patients29
What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis29
Applying the health belief model to the rational use of drugs for hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial28
Practitioner accounts of end-of-life communication in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan: A systematic review28
Developing “The Health After Cancer Podcast” to amplify cancer survivors’ voices through digital storytelling28
The effects of motivational interviewing on hypertension management: A systematic review and meta-analysis28
A pre-visit video/question prompt list intervention to increase youth question-asking about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during pediatric visits28
GP laughter in lifestyle behaviour consultations: A conversation analytical study of general practice28
For which decisions is Shared Decision Making considered appropriate? – A systematic review27
A longitudinal study of third-year medical students’ communication competence, communication anxiety, and attitudes toward patient-centered care27
Effects of reasoned treatment decision-making on parent-related outcomes: Results from a video-vignette experiment in neonatal care27
Co-design to increase implementation of insomnia guidelines in primary care27
The relationship between medical students’ empathy and burnout levels by gender and study years27
Exploring student perceptions of empathy development during medical school – A phenomenological study27
Decision-making experiences of patients and partners opting for active surveillance in esophageal cancer treatment27
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of interprofessional collaboration in patient education: A systematic review27
Contextualizing care: An essential and measurable clinical competency27
Shared decision making reimagined27
Effect of a family planning program on documented emotional support and reproductive goals counseling after previable pregnancy loss26
Effectiveness of motivational interviewing among patients with COPD: A systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials26
Stage-based analysis of an adaptive worksite intervention trial for diabetes prevention26
Evaluation of a nurse-led multi-component transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease26
The impact of patient education on knowledge, attitudes, and cardiac rehabilitation attendance among patients with coronary artery disease25
Understand nurse’s perspectives on communication with Chinese-speaking cardiac patients25
Shared decision making with black patients: A scoping review25
Patient-reported outcome measures in value-based healthcare: A multiple methods study to assess patient-centredness25
Parental satisfaction with diagnosis disclosure: A study on parents of children or adults with genetic syndromes25
Limited health literacy in primary care physiotherapy: Does a physiotherapist use techniques to improve communication?25
“Now I get what’s important” - Shifting philosophies of hospice society staff and trained volunteers involved in peer-facilitated Advance Care Planning workshops for the public24
Developing performance-based measures of health literacy: A narrative case study and checklist of considerations24
Journey to inpatient hospice care: A qualitative study on the decision-making process of Chinese family caregivers of persons with terminal cancer24
Development of an adjective-selection measure evaluating clinicians’ attitudes towards using patient decision aids: The ADOPT measure24
Editorial Board23
Patient-centredness in healthcare: co-design for patient education material about insomnia23
Black Americans’ Perceptions of Communication and Other Factors during Oncology Care Virtual Visits23
(WIP) Student Perceptions of Clinical Communication Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education23
Efficacy of DiaLife, an Education Program for Relatives of Adults with Diabetes – A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial23
Breaking bad news: A randomized controlled trial to test a novel interactive course for medical students using blended learning23
Association between self-perceived consultation time and understanding of the prescribed treatment: An analysis of a national survey in Peru23
(WIP) Beyond 3rd-Person Personal Pronouns: Removing gender-language from written healthcare communication22
Challenges of public institutional communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.21
Medication Challenges in the Post-Stroke Patient: A Qualitative Study21
From Manchester to Alexandria: Are there fundamentals of communication teaching21
Exploring the relationship between GP and patient language use: The case of (un)explained symptoms21
Communicating about clinical trials to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities21
Positive oral communication enhances pain management strategies21
Assessment of the variability and accuracy of readability scores across online calculators21
Where is Shared Decision Making in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma? A Qualitative Study20
Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy: A mixed-methods study of attitudes in a sample of Italian women and the role of health professionals’ communication20
(WIP) News coverage about cancer screening in the Netherlands: A content analysis20
Cracking the Deep Freeze20
How different dimensions of medical students’ empathy relate to mental health and burnout20
Effects of a health psychology-based intervention for patients with asplenia on psychological determinants of preventive behaviour: A propensity score analysis20
Disassembling realities: A personal narrative20
Speaking out of turn: Implications of partner contributions for patient autonomy during prostate cancer consultations19
Monitoring what matters to people with diabetes: Do we underestimate the importance of behaviour, attitude, and well-being?19
Patient experiences and provider perspectives on genital surgery on young children with DSD19
Identifying and classifying medical jargon through analysis of recorded standardized patient encounters19
Use of coping strategies in the management of medication overuse headache19
Primary care providers’ views of discussing COVID-19 vaccination with vaccine hesitant patients: A qualitative study19
Development, validation and evaluation of a patient information booklet for rectal cancer survivors with a stoma: A three-step approach19
Understanding the varying social factors affecting pediatric participation during medical visits19
(WIP) Towards culturally sensitive shared decision-making in oncology: A study protocol19
Editorial Board19
Living with type 2 diabetes: A social cognitive perspective on adherence19
Communication matters when it comes to adverse events: Associations of adverse events during implant treatment with patients’ communication quality and trust assessments19
Editorial Board19
Experiences with information provision and preferences for decision making of patients with stroke19
Assessing the role of interactivity: An evaluation of information aids to support the enrollment of precision medicine research programs18
The use of a biopsychosocial model in the treatment of patients with chronic18
The Paradox of Autonomy When Disinformation Masquerades as Truth A discussion paper18
Comprehensibility of South African pictograms by sub-Saharan African prospective-users18
Interventions to improve medication adherence in inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review18
Supportive and psychosocial peer-group interventions for children and adolescents of parents with cancer: A systematic review18
Shared decision-making and the duration of medical consultations: A systematic review and meta-analysis18
Parents’ needs and perceived gaps in communication with healthcare professionals in the neonatal (intensive) care unit: A qualitative interview study18
Using patient-generated health data in clinical practice: How timing influences its function in rheumatology outpatient consultations18
Credit where it’s due: Recognising lived experience in research authorship17
A qualitative inquiry of communication based barriers to the diagnosis of pediatric cancer: Perceptions of primarily Spanish-speaking caregivers17
Physician-directed information prescription service. A scoping review17
A theory-based educational intervention to increase mothers’ intention to vaccinate their daughters against human papillomavirus: A randomised controlled trial17
Is weight an emotional issue? Direct observation of weight discussions in primary care consultations16
Does interprofessional communication change after introducing EPR? A qualitative network analysis16
Psychometric assessment of the Concerns about Late Effects in Oncology Questionnaire (CLEO) among female breast cancer survivors16
The perspectives of participants with traumatic brain injury on prospective memory rehabilitation incorporating compensatory and metacognitive skills training16
Application of motivational interviewing to group: Teaching advance care planning via group visits for clinical professionals16
Clients’ perspectives on the quality of counseling for prenatal anomaly screening. A comparison between 2011 and 201916
The first steps towards professional distance: A sequential analysis of students’ interactions with patients expressing emotional issues in medical interviews16
Factors affecting interest in multiple genetic tests in an ethnically diverse sample of young women16
Exploring factors to interpretation of targeted nutrition messages for people living with multiple sclerosis16
Using real-time recordings to design communication training on how physicians discuss code status16
Exercising power in the self-management of COPD: A narrative inquiry. Patient and user perspectives16
Treatment-related communication experiences and expectations among Indian cancer patients receiving radiation therapy and their family members: A qualitative study16
An Empowerment Toolbox for Older People with Atrial Fibrillation: Results: from the AFFIRMO project16
Impact of personalized risk scores on shared decision making in left ventricular assist device implantation: Findings from a qualitative study16
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in patient engagement in healthcare interactions16
Automated rating of patient and physician emotion in primary care visits16
Exploring the impact of a pain assessment information visualization tool on provider-patient pain discussion with limited English proficiency Hmong patients16
“Don’t worry, you can trust me”: Indicators of the role of trust in residents’ reflective writing16
Interprofessional counselling of oncology patients on complementary and integrative health care16
Applying the RE-AIM framework to evaluate an educational model to “close the gap” and improve health equity in uncontrolled hypertension16
Disparities in cancer clinical trials information-seeking: Findings from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service16
Effect of a discordant opinion offered by a second opinion physician on the patient’s decision for management of spinal disc disease16
Mobile apps for weight management in children and adolescents; An updated systematic review16
Patient and family engagement strategies for children and adolescents with chronic diseases: A review of systematic reviews16
Virtual reality training of bad news delivery in health care16
Effectiveness of self-management program for gastric cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial comparing gain vs. loss message framing15
The use of outcome data in patient consultations from the healthcare professionals’ and patients’ perspectives: A mixed methods study15
Presenting scientifically-derived illness experiences online – Evaluation of the use of the DIPEx Germany website15
Patients' attitudes towards using a question prompt list in community pharmacies15
Changes in disease-related knowledge and educational needs of patients with coronary heart disease over a six-month period between hospital discharge and follow-up15
Worldwide review with meta-analysis of women’s awareness about breast cancer15
Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: A feasibility and pilot trial of a digital storytelling intervention delivered via text‐messaging15
Coaching for parents of children with type 1 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial15
Relative importance of “why” and “how” messages on medication behavior: Insights from construal level theory15
Emotional cues and concerns of patients with a life limiting, chronic illness during advance care planning conversations in general practice15
Responding to nurses’ communication challenges: Evaluating a blended learning program for communication knowledge and skills for nurses15
Factors associated with patient activation in a socially deprived population: Evidence from Germany15
Relationship of patient-centered communication and cancer risk information avoidance: A social cognitive perspective15
Patient and practitioner priorities and concerns about primary healthcare interactions for osteoarthritis: A meta-ethnography15
Validation of the Knowledge of Genome Sequencing (KOGS) scale in cancer patients15
Communicating with children in healthcare: How can we make it better?15
Development and psychometric testing of the European Heart Failure Self-Care behaviour scale caregiver version (EHFScB-C)15
Assessing the mediating role of disenfranchising talk on the well-being of female patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions15
The impact of mindfulness-based interventions on the experiences of cancer patients: A qualitative meta-synthesis15
Interaction between telenurses and callers – A deductive analysis of content and timing in telephone nursing calls15
Medical treatment decision-making in rural cancer patients: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis14
Partnering with consumers to co-design a person-centred coding framework for qualitative patient experience data14
Visual presentations to communicate prognosis in adults: Two online randomised controlled trials14
Decision making about esophageal cancer treatment: variation in clinicians’ communication behavior14
Health professionals’ view on the role of hope and communication challenges with patients in palliative care: A systematic narrative review14
Free Spirit14
Communication between healthcare providers and communicatively-vulnerable patients with associated health outcomes: A scoping review of knowledge syntheses14
Creating a Formal Partnership between EACH and the International Communication Association (ICA)14
Association between relational attitudes and a training in communication and emotion handling skills14
Designing a Course on Communication in Healthcare for Undergraduate Medical Students14
Experiential approaches to professional communication skills training: a grounded theory study14
Understanding racial-ethnic differences in patient-centered care (PCC) in oncology through a critical race theory lens: A qualitative comparison of PCC among Black, Hispanic, and White cancer patients14
Education, trust, and likelihood to vaccinate against COVID-19 among patients with diabetes in the American South14
A systematic review of the use of unannounced standardized patients (USPs) in clinical settings: A call for more detailed quality and fidelity descriptions and expansion to new areas14
Intensifying approaches to address clinical inertia among cardiovascular disease risk factors: A narrative review14
Interventions to improve medical media reporting: a co-designed acceptability study with journalists14
Teaching approaches for dialogue in a digital simulation14
(WIP) EPAs for assessment of communication skills competences during Family Medicine residency in Portugal14
Vaccine for yourself, your community, or your country? Examining audiences’ response to distance framing of COVID-19 vaccine messages14
Promoting HIV self-testing via emotional support messages among men who have sex with men in China14
A multi-site prospective controlled pilot evaluation of Cardiac College for Women in the cardiac rehabilitation setting13
Corrigendum to “Promoting interactional health equity through (Complementary and Integrative Health) talk during clinical encounters” [Patient Educ Couns 134 (2025) 108651]13
Current status and implementation strategies of patient education in core outcome set development13
How is complementary medicine discussed in oncology? Observing real-life communication between clinicians and patients with advanced cancer13
Validation of pharmaceutical pictograms among older adults with limited English proficiency13
The immediate, intermediate, and long-term effectiveness of audiovisuals for providing pre-treatment information to patients with cancer: A systematic review13
Critical physician behaviors in the formation of a good physician-patient relationship: Concept mapping the perspective of patients with chronic conditions13
Managing uncertainty and responding to difficult emotions: Cancer patients’ perspectives on clinician response during the COVID-19 pandemic13
Between and within race differences in patient-centeredness and activation in mental health care13
The effect of mobile application based genetic counseling on the psychosocial well-being of thalassemia patients and caregivers: A randomized controlled trial13
“Are you otherwise fit and well?”: Past medical history questions in UK paediatric consultations13
Developing communication curricula in healthcare education: An evidence-based guide13
Myths and misinformation associated with vaccine incompleteness: A survey study13
Conversation starters: Understanding the facilitators and barriers to physician-initiated secure firearm storage conversations13
Providers’ communication-related concerns in helping patients address the financial impact of cancer13
A family doctor contends with the unspoken face of the corona pandemic for the Reflective Practice section13
Patient role in SDM models: Re: Berger Z, Galasinski D, Scalia P, Dong K, Blunt HB, Elwyn G, “The Submissive Silence of Others: Examining Definitions of Shared Decision Making” [Patient Educ Couns (2013
Real needs of end-stage kidney disease patients awaiting kidney transplantation in China: A qualitative study13
Substance use as subtext to health narratives: Identifying opportunities for improving care from community member perspectives13
Family involvement and diabetes distress across dyads for adults with type 2 diabetes13
Reflections on ‘common’ genetic medical history questions: Time to examine the what, why, and how13
Racial differences in patient perception of interactions with providers are associated with health outcomes in type II diabetes13
Developing an audio-based communication tool for NICU discharge of Latino families with limited English proficiency13
Improving iron folic acid consumption through interpersonal communication: Findings from the Reduction in Anemia through Normative Innovations (RANI) project13
Encounter decision aids to facilitate shared decision-making with women experiencing heavy menstrual bleeding or symptomatic uterine fibroids: A before-after study12
PACCT: an intervention to increase clinical trial invitations for Black and White men with cancer12
Editorial Board12
Editorial Board12
Talking about completely different “things” in shared decision making12
Stories Side-by-Side: A comparative narrative analysis of stories about end-of-life care12
Improving Veterinary Team Handovers using video reflexive techniques12
Corrigendum to “Antidepressant decision aid for major depressive disorder patients (ADAM): Development and pilot testing” [Patient Education and Counseling 105 7 (2022) 2466–2474]12
Considerations for student-led telepractice in paediatric speech-language therapy during COVID-1912
Personal health planning for patients with COPD: Staff perspectives from VA’s Whole Health system12
Communication strategies among Black pastors in South Carolina about the COVID-19 Vaccination12
Patients’ and kin’s perspective on healthcare quality compared to Lachman's multidimensional quality model: Focus group interviews12
(WIP) How Providers Screen and Communicate with Patients about Food Insecurity in the Primary Care Setting12
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Disclosure Among Oncology Patients: Describing Current Trends12
On the nature of “evidence-based”12
How do general practitioners manage patient health literacy differences in cardiovascular disease prevention consultations? An interview study12
O.9.2Oncology nurses' perceptions of advance directives for patients with cancer12
“Can we have a little humanity here?”: Patient perspectives on the impact of a standardized care process for patients who use opioids for the management of chronic pain12
O.17.1Communication Aids for the Clinical Child Protection Setting and Sexual Assault Examination12
Challenges facing introduction of communication skills into medical education in Iraq12
Medical students learn patient-centered communication from patients with chronic conditions12
Access frequency, institutional empowerment and online health record use in later life12
A smartphone-based supportive counseling on health anxiety and acceptance of disability in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients: A randomized clinical trial11
Trust, discrimination and preference for shared decision-making in adolescents diagnosed with depression: Implications from Chinese mental health professionals11
Seeking medical services through guanxi in China11
The journey of patients in cancer clinical trials: A qualitative meta-synthesis on experiences and perspectives11
Advancing medical communication education internationally: tEACH collaborative initiatives11
The role of disclosure & perceptions about providers in health discussions among gay and bisexual young men11
A meta-analysis of the impact of pharmacist interventions on clinical outcomes in patients with type-2 diabetes11
Shared challenges and opportunities: Uncovering common ground in patient participation across different healthcare settings and patient groups. A qualitative meta-summary on patient-reported barriers 11
Active and direct patient participation in health professions education: A narrative overview of literature from the global south11
Structurally collecting patient feedback on trainee skills: A pilot study in Obstetrics and Gynaecology11
How children and adolescents with chronic pain describe their pain experiences: A qualitative systematic review11
Exploring health literacy and self-management after kidney transplantation: A prospective cohort study11
Simulation-based childbirth education for Chinese primiparas: A pilot randomized controlled trial11
Colorectal cancer treatment guidelines and shared decision making quality and reporting assessment: Systematic review11
The Phone: Communication in the Age of COVID-1911
The search for the missing link between health misinformation & health disparities11
What do we know about written assessment of health professionals’ communication skills? A scoping review11
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