Department of Family Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2020 Aug;41(8):866-873. doi: 10.15537/smj.2020.8.25192.
To explore preferences of the patients attending King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in their treating physicians and to determine demographic and personal factors influencing their preferences.
Through a cross sectional design, 366 patients attending KAMC were systematically selected, and were requested to a pre-designed valid questionnaire. The study conducted between November 2017 and January 2018. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for statistical analysis which included independent sample t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered significant.
The study showed that females were significantly more preferring to get information, careful examination and receiving attention. Older respondents were interested in nding out how serious is their problem and having enough time for talking about their condition. Higher income respondents focused on necessity of physician caring for their personal situation. Highly educated individuals were concerned about getting enough information, and patients with chronic diseases were much interested by the truth of their condition. Each dimension of the personality traits was significantly correlated with different package of preferences in their treating physician.
Respondents' preferences in their treating physician are significantly influenced by their demographic characteristics as well as their personality traits. It is highly recommended that physicians, generally, should be attentive listener, informative while discussion, maintaining eye contact and showing interest and empathy for adult middle-aged patient. Also, to consider other preferable features based on patients' demographics and personalities.
探讨沙特阿拉伯吉达阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王医疗城（KAMC）就诊患者对主治医生的偏好，并确定影响其偏好的人口统计学和个人因素。
采用横断面设计，系统选择 366 名在 KAMC 就诊的患者，并要求他们填写预先设计的有效问卷。该研究于 2017 年 11 月至 2018 年 1 月进行。使用社会科学统计软件包进行统计分析，包括独立样本 t 检验、方差分析和 Pearson 相关性。p 值小于 0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
研究表明，女性更倾向于获取信息、仔细检查和获得关注。年龄较大的受访者对了解自己的问题严重程度以及有足够的时间谈论自己的病情感兴趣。收入较高的受访者关注医生对其个人情况的关心程度。受教育程度较高的人关注获得足够的信息，慢性病患者对了解自己病情的真实性更感兴趣。人格特质的每个维度都与他们对主治医生的不同偏好套餐显著相关。
受访者对主治医生的偏好受到其人口统计学特征以及人格特质的显著影响。强烈建议医生作为一般听众，在讨论时要提供信息，保持眼神交流，并表现出对成年中年患者的兴趣和同理心。此外，还应根据患者的人口统计学和个性特征考虑其他可取的特征。
