Patient Education and Counseling

Papers
(The TQCC of Patient Education and Counseling is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Navigating obstetric bad news: Insights from tertiary care medical teams153
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 study125
Argumentative discourse in clinical dialogues: An interdisciplinary perspective108
Influence of patient-oriented organizational climate on physicians’ patient-centered behavior: The mediating role of patient-centeredness self-efficacy91
GP laughter in lifestyle behaviour consultations: A conversation analytical study of general practice71
Personalised written consultation summaries for patients: An ‘up-close, in-depth, inside-out’ exploration of a rheumatologist's patient-centred strategy66
“Letter to my future self” as a device for assessing health education effectiveness64
Innovative Communication Skills Training for First and Second Year Medical Students61
A communication training for pharmacy staff to improve the conversation about medication switches61
Switching to remote public service interpreting with the help of training during the pandemic61
Bringing personal perspective elicitation to the heart of shared decision-making: a scoping review61
Cancer care partners’ behavioral intention to use autonomy enhancing communication skills during accompanied visits after online skill training.58
Train the trainer-certificate-programme for teachers of medical-therapeutic health professionals52
The use of AccuRx in collection of Friends and Family Test data in a primary care network52
Methods: to elicit and evaluate the attainment of patient goals in older adults: a scoping review50
Effects of a temporal self-regulation theory-based intervention on self-management in hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial50
Information needs across time after a hematological cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study of patient and clinician perspectives47
The role of accountability in adherence programs47
Exploring health advice by dental professionals in USA: A secondary data analysis of NHANES (2015–2018)46
Corrigendum to “Instruments evaluating the duration and pace of clinical encounters: A scoping review” [Patient Educ Couns 131 (2025) 108591]46
Studying clinical communication through multiple lenses: The underused potential of inter-disciplinary collaborations45
“My gut feeling is…”: Identifying healthcare professionals communication about pain in rheumatology44
Psychometric properties of the revised Diabetes Knowledge Test using Rasch analysis44
Applying the health belief model to the rational use of drugs for hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial44
Investigating question-answer sequences in child mental health assessments: Engaging children and families through declarative question design43
Health literacy friendly organizations – A scoping review about promoting health literacy in a surgical setting42
Content and quality of consumer websites providing information about human papillomavirus infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: An environmental scan40
Introducing a brain health literacy framework to promote health equity for Latinos: A discussion paper40
Nurse-patient communication in complex situations: development of dynamic, generalizable scenarios39
Developing “The Health After Cancer Podcast” to amplify cancer survivors’ voices through digital storytelling38
Communication work among young breast cancer survivors37
Co-designing communication research within family practice: experiences from Basque Country, Spain36
From 0 to 100: self-management in individuals with spinal cord injury after initial rehabilitation36
Integrating natural language processing (NLP) into health communication research and practice35
Patient-centred communication to improve patient safety34
Current communication practices for biomarker testing in non-small cell lung cancer: Exploring patient and clinician perspectives33
Development of a rubric assessment form for evaluating communication skills of pharmacy students33
Exploring uncertainties regarding unsolicited findings in genetic testing33
What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis33
The biographical approach: a narrative practice to improve patients' support and care33
The relationship between medical students’ empathy and burnout levels by gender and study years32
Racial and ethnic disparities in communication study enrollment for young people with cancer: A descriptive analysis of the literature32
The effect of nurse-led empowering education on nutrition impact side effects in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A randomised trial32
Dyadic concordance and other considerations for matching pairs for peer support diabetes prevention interventions: A mixed methods assessment32
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of interprofessional collaboration in patient education: A systematic review31
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 disease31
Prostate cancer, online health information and communication technology – Bibliometric analysis of field with research frontiers30
Risk communication – the science of making “meaningful numbers” or the art of making “meaningful pictures”?30
Contextualizing care: An essential and measurable clinical competency30
The effects of motivational interviewing on hypertension management: A systematic review and meta-analysis30
A pre-visit video/question prompt list intervention to increase youth question-asking about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during pediatric visits29
Acknowledging and addressing the many ethical aspects of disease29
The effect of preoperative education on postoperative pain and function after orthopedic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis29
Practitioner accounts of end-of-life communication in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan: A systematic review29
Constructing an intervention to foster posttraumatic growth in people living with a life limiting illness and receiving palliative care: Participatory action research29
For which decisions is Shared Decision Making considered appropriate? – A systematic review28
Advancing communication skills in intensive care: Caring for relatives of critically ill patients28
Let’s keep an eye on it: An experiment examining healthcare provider use of figurative language on perceptions of provider and accommodation27
The role of congruency in patient-doctor interactions: insights from rare cancer consultations27
Decision-making experiences of patients and partners opting for active surveillance in esophageal cancer treatment27
Patient-reported outcome measures in value-based healthcare: A multiple methods study to assess patient-centredness26
Effects of reasoned treatment decision-making on parent-related outcomes: Results from a video-vignette experiment in neonatal care26
A qualitative inquiry of communication based barriers to the diagnosis of pediatric cancer: Perceptions of primarily Spanish-speaking caregivers26
Understand nurse’s perspectives on communication with Chinese-speaking cardiac patients26
Living with type 2 diabetes: A social cognitive perspective on adherence25
Effectiveness of motivational interviewing among patients with COPD: A systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials25
Editorial Board25
Monitoring what matters to people with diabetes: Do we underestimate the importance of behaviour, attitude, and well-being?25
Shared decision making reimagined24
Quality of nurses communication and interpersonal skills24
Guided Self-Determination – What does “guided” mean in connection with self-determination?24
Metaphor in a medical admissions tests24
Improved values- based goals of care documentation through interprofessional communication education24
The interplay between learners' planned behaviour and learning environment in CST: a PAR study24
Assessing the role of interactivity: An evaluation of information aids to support the enrollment of precision medicine research programs23
Limited health literacy in primary care physiotherapy: Does a physiotherapist use techniques to improve communication?23
Stage-based analysis of an adaptive worksite intervention trial for diabetes prevention23
Editorial Board23
Psychosocial impacts of, and barriers to, lung cancer screening: An international qualitative study of multidisciplinary health professionals’ perspectives23
Editorial Board23
Supportive and psychosocial peer-group interventions for children and adolescents of parents with cancer: A systematic review23
Primary care providers’ views of discussing COVID-19 vaccination with vaccine hesitant patients: A qualitative study23
Understanding how patient education affects the process of treatment decision-making: Cultural model change in kidney disease therapy23
Co-design to increase implementation of insomnia guidelines in primary care22
Association between self-perceived consultation time and understanding of the prescribed treatment: An analysis of a national survey in Peru22
Cracking the Deep Freeze22
A longitudinal study of third-year medical students’ communication competence, communication anxiety, and attitudes toward patient-centered care22
Disassembling realities: A personal narrative22
Understanding the varying social factors affecting pediatric participation during medical visits22
Communication matters when it comes to adverse events: Associations of adverse events during implant treatment with patients’ communication quality and trust assessments22
Breaking bad news: A randomized controlled trial to test a novel interactive course for medical students using blended learning22
Effect of a family planning program on documented emotional support and reproductive goals counseling after previable pregnancy loss22
“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 public21
How different dimensions of medical students’ empathy relate to mental health and burnout21
Communicating about clinical trials to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities21
Medication Challenges in the Post-Stroke Patient: A Qualitative Study21
Experiences with information provision and preferences for decision making of patients with stroke21
Patient experiences and provider perspectives on genital surgery on young children with DSD21
Exploring the relationship between GP and patient language use: The case of (un)explained symptoms20
From Manchester to Alexandria: Are there fundamentals of communication teaching20
(WIP) News coverage about cancer screening in the Netherlands: A content analysis20
(WIP) Towards culturally sensitive shared decision-making in oncology: A study protocol20
Black Americans’ Perceptions of Communication and Other Factors during Oncology Care Virtual Visits20
(WIP) Student Perceptions of Clinical Communication Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education20
Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy: A mixed-methods study of attitudes in a sample of Italian women and the role of health professionals’ communication20
Patient-centredness in healthcare: co-design for patient education material about insomnia20
(WIP) Beyond 3rd-Person Personal Pronouns: Removing gender-language from written healthcare communication20
Challenges of public institutional communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.20
Assessment of the variability and accuracy of readability scores across online calculators19
The impact of patient education on knowledge, attitudes, and cardiac rehabilitation attendance among patients with coronary artery disease19
Using patient-generated health data in clinical practice: How timing influences its function in rheumatology outpatient consultations19
Use of coping strategies in the management of medication overuse headache19
Effects of a health psychology-based intervention for patients with asplenia on psychological determinants of preventive behaviour: A propensity score analysis19
Shared decision making with black patients: A scoping review19
Exploring student perceptions of empathy development during medical school – A phenomenological study19
Use of metaphor in provider-patient communication in medical settings: A systematic review19
Positive oral communication enhances pain management strategies19
Efficacy of DiaLife, an Education Program for Relatives of Adults with Diabetes – A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial19
Parental satisfaction with diagnosis disclosure: A study on parents of children or adults with genetic syndromes19
Journey to inpatient hospice care: A qualitative study on the decision-making process of Chinese family caregivers of persons with terminal cancer19
Evaluation of a nurse-led multi-component transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease18
Interventions to improve medication adherence in inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review18
Development of an adjective-selection measure evaluating clinicians’ attitudes towards using patient decision aids: The ADOPT measure18
A theory-based educational intervention to increase mothers’ intention to vaccinate their daughters against human papillomavirus: A randomised controlled trial18
Speaking out of turn: Implications of partner contributions for patient autonomy during prostate cancer consultations18
The paradox of autonomy: A discussion paper18
Measures to evaluate clinician communication in the intensive care unit: A systematic review of measurement properties18
Comprehensibility of South African pictograms by sub-Saharan African prospective-users18
The use of a biopsychosocial model in the treatment of patients with chronic18
Shared decision-making and the duration of medical consultations: A systematic review and meta-analysis18
Exploring the validity of US Pharmacopeia pictograms among young Spanish citizens who have completed secondary education18
Where is Shared Decision Making in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma? A Qualitative Study18
Credit where it’s due: Recognising lived experience in research authorship18
Treatment-related communication experiences and expectations among Indian cancer patients receiving radiation therapy and their family members: A qualitative study17
Attributes, skills and resources required for peer health navigator roles: A qualitative study of the perspective of patients, healthcare professionals and health navigators17
Exploring factors to interpretation of targeted nutrition messages for people living with multiple sclerosis17
Patients' attitudes towards using a question prompt list in community pharmacies17
Psychometric assessment of the Concerns about Late Effects in Oncology Questionnaire (CLEO) among female breast cancer survivors17
Applying the RE-AIM framework to evaluate an educational model to “close the gap” and improve health equity in uncontrolled hypertension17
Assessing the mediating role of disenfranchising talk on the well-being of female patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions17
Exercising power in the self-management of COPD: A narrative inquiry. Patient and user perspectives17
Physician-directed information prescription service. A scoping review17
Changes in disease-related knowledge and educational needs of patients with coronary heart disease over a six-month period between hospital discharge and follow-up16
Coaching for parents of children with type 1 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial16
Interprofessional counselling of oncology patients on complementary and integrative health care16
Using real-time recordings to design communication training on how physicians discuss code status16
The perspectives of participants with traumatic brain injury on prospective memory rehabilitation incorporating compensatory and metacognitive skills training16
Interaction between telenurses and callers – A deductive analysis of content and timing in telephone nursing calls16
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in patient engagement in healthcare interactions16
Is weight an emotional issue? Direct observation of weight discussions in primary care consultations16
Validation of the Knowledge of Genome Sequencing (KOGS) scale in cancer patients16
Effect of a discordant opinion offered by a second opinion physician on the patient’s decision for management of spinal disc disease16
Exploring the impact of a pain assessment information visualization tool on provider-patient pain discussion with limited English proficiency Hmong patients16
Factors affecting interest in multiple genetic tests in an ethnically diverse sample of young women16
The use of outcome data in patient consultations from the healthcare professionals’ and patients’ perspectives: A mixed methods study16
Tools and strategies for physiotherapists communication to patients with limited health literacy15
Exploring communication around end of life among spanish speaking families in pediatric ICU15
Improving communication with patients with communication disabilities15
Teaching visual literacy to medical students, a scoping review on effective infographic design15
The impact of mindfulness-based interventions on the experiences of cancer patients: A qualitative meta-synthesis15
Does interprofessional communication change after introducing EPR? A qualitative network analysis15
Towards a code of conduct for medical influencers15
Patients' perceptions of communication during in-person and telehealth oncology visits15
Developing implementation strategies to prevent venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer15
Stakeholder engagement (including PPI) in healthcare communication research and education15
Contextualising care by medical specialists in the Netherlands15
An Empowerment Toolbox for Older People with Atrial Fibrillation: Results: from the AFFIRMO project15
Validation of the typology of healthcare interpreter positionings among healthcare practitioners15
Increasing emotional intelligence for improved relationship-centered communication15
Leading platform thuisarts.nl: understandable and reliable medical information for general public15
Tech tools unleashed: elevating your scientific productivity with AI and other software15
Shared decision-making, the working alliance, and patient-centered care: A simultaneous concept analysis and review of the literature15
“Don’t worry, you can trust me”: Indicators of the role of trust in residents’ reflective writing15
Impact of personalized risk scores on shared decision making in left ventricular assist device implantation: Findings from a qualitative study15
Communicating with children in healthcare: How can we make it better?14
Application of motivational interviewing to group: Teaching advance care planning via group visits for clinical professionals14
Patient and practitioner priorities and concerns about primary healthcare interactions for osteoarthritis: A meta-ethnography14
Virtual reality training of bad news delivery in health care14
The first steps towards professional distance: A sequential analysis of students’ interactions with patients expressing emotional issues in medical interviews14
Emotional cues and concerns of patients with a life limiting, chronic illness during advance care planning conversations in general practice14
Disparities in cancer clinical trials information-seeking: Findings from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service14
Responding to nurses’ communication challenges: Evaluating a blended learning program for communication knowledge and skills for nurses14
Effectiveness of self-management program for gastric cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial comparing gain vs. loss message framing14
Risk communication of study drug side effects: An evaluation of informed consent forms from ClinicalTrials.gov14
Relative importance of “why” and “how” messages on medication behavior: Insights from construal level theory14
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
Exploring the cultural factors affecting E-cigarette use among young adults in China: Utilizing the PEN-3 cultural model14
Presenting scientifically-derived illness experiences online – Evaluation of the use of the DIPEx Germany website14
Vaccine for yourself, your community, or your country? Examining audiences’ response to distance framing of COVID-19 vaccine messages14
Health professionals’ view on the role of hope and communication challenges with patients in palliative care: A systematic narrative review14
Worldwide review with meta-analysis of women’s awareness about breast cancer14
Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: A feasibility and pilot trial of a digital storytelling intervention delivered via text‐messaging14
Communication between healthcare providers and communicatively-vulnerable patients with associated health outcomes: A scoping review of knowledge syntheses14
(WIP) EPAs for assessment of communication skills competences during Family Medicine residency in Portugal13
Designing a Course on Communication in Healthcare for Undergraduate Medical Students13
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
Family involvement and diabetes distress across dyads for adults with type 2 diabetes13
The immediate, intermediate, and long-term effectiveness of audiovisuals for providing pre-treatment information to patients with cancer: A systematic review13
Experiential approaches to professional communication skills training: a grounded theory study13
Teaching approaches for dialogue in a digital simulation13
A family doctor contends with the unspoken face of the corona pandemic for the Reflective Practice section13
Association between relational attitudes and a training in communication and emotion handling skills13
Free spirit13
Substance use as subtext to health narratives: Identifying opportunities for improving care from community member perspectives13
Interventions to improve medical media reporting: a co-designed acceptability study with journalists13
Promoting HIV self-testing via emotional support messages among men who have sex with men in China13
Improving iron folic acid consumption through interpersonal communication: Findings from the Reduction in Anemia through Normative Innovations (RANI) project13
Visual presentations to communicate prognosis in adults: Two online randomised controlled trials13
Providers’ communication-related concerns in helping patients address the financial impact of cancer13
Partnering with consumers to co-design a person-centred coding framework for qualitative patient experience data13
Between and within race differences in patient-centeredness and activation in mental health care13
Decision making about esophageal cancer treatment: variation in clinicians’ communication behavior13
Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and navigation in the healthcare system? The French national health literacy survey (HLS19)12
Corrigendum to “Promoting interactional health equity through (Complementary and Integrative Health) talk during clinical encounters” [Patient Educ Couns 134 (2025) 108651]12
Patient and family-centered care among Middle Eastern and North African children living in the United States12
Understanding young persons' experiences through healthcare transition. A qualitative study12
Critical physician behaviors in the formation of a good physician-patient relationship: Concept mapping the perspective of patients with chronic conditions12
Intensifying approaches to address clinical inertia among cardiovascular disease risk factors: A narrative review12
A train-the-trainer educational program to improve professional skills in elderly diabetes care12
Developing an audio-based communication tool for NICU discharge of Latino families with limited English proficiency12
Managing uncertainty and responding to difficult emotions: Cancer patients’ perspectives on clinician response during the COVID-19 pandemic12
Myths and misinformation associated with vaccine incompleteness: A survey study12
The effect of mobile application based genetic counseling on the psychosocial well-being of thalassemia patients and caregivers: A randomized controlled trial12
Educational gains from video feedback activity: the perception of general practice trainees12
Conversation starters: Understanding the facilitators and barriers to physician-initiated secure firearm storage conversations12
Current status and implementation strategies of patient education in core outcome set development12
How clinicians' intentionally and unwittingly tailor treatment information to cancer patients12
Developing communication curricula in healthcare education: An evidence-based guide12
Education, trust, and likelihood to vaccinate against COVID-19 among patients with diabetes in the American South12
Reflections on ‘common’ genetic medical history questions: Time to examine the what, why, and how12
Discrepancies in subjective vs. objective health literacy assessments in older adults12
“Are you otherwise fit and well?”: Past medical history questions in UK paediatric consultations12
A multi-site prospective controlled pilot evaluation of Cardiac College for Women in the cardiac rehabilitation setting12
Improving communication post-spinal cord injury: a longitudinal qualitative study12
Editorial Board11
Improving Veterinary Team Handovers using video reflexive techniques11
On the nature of “evidence-based”11
A smartphone-based supportive counseling on health anxiety and acceptance of disability in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients: A randomized clinical trial11
Corrigendum to “Antidepressant decision aid for major depressive disorder patients (ADAM): Development and pilot testing” [Patient Education and Counseling 105 7 (2022) 2466–2474]11
Effectiveness of remotely delivered motivational conversations on health outcomes in patients living with musculoskeletal conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis11
Person-centred care communication in family medicine practice: results from Basque Country, Spain11
Trust, discrimination and preference for shared decision-making in adolescents diagnosed with depression: Implications from Chinese mental health professionals11
Structurally collecting patient feedback on trainee skills: A pilot study in Obstetrics and Gynaecology11
Advancing medical communication education internationally: tEACH collaborative initiatives11
Stories Side-by-Side: A comparative narrative analysis of stories about end-of-life care11
(WIP) How Providers Screen and Communicate with Patients about Food Insecurity in the Primary Care Setting11
What do we know about written assessment of health professionals’ communication skills? A scoping review11
O.17.1Communication Aids for the Clinical Child Protection Setting and Sexual Assault Examination11
How children and adolescents with chronic pain describe their pain experiences: A qualitative systematic review11
Talking about completely different “things” in shared decision making11
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