Effect of Attending Rheumatologists' Big 5 Personality Traits on Patient Trust in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus : The TRUMP2-SLE Project

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OBJECTIVE: Differences in communication styles based on physicians' personality traits have been identified, particularly in primary care, and these physician-related factors can be important in building patient-physician trust. This study examined the effects of rheumatologists' personality traits on patients' trust in their attending rheumatologists.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study included adult Japanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at 5 academic medical centers between June 2020 and August 2021. The exposures were the Big 5 personality traits (ie, extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability) of attending rheumatologists using the Japanese version of the 10-Item Personality Inventory scale (1-7 points each). The outcome was the patients' trust in their attending rheumatologist using the Japanese version of the 5-item Wake Forest Physician Trust Scale (0-100 points). A general linear model was fitted.

RESULTS: The study included 505 patients with a mean age of 46.8 years; 88.1% were women. Forty-three attending rheumatologists (mean age: 39.6 years; 23.3% female) were identified. After multivariable adjustment, higher extraversion and agreeableness were associated with higher trust (per 1-point increase, 3.76 points [95% CI 1.07-6.45] and 4.49 points [95% CI 1.74-7.24], respectively), and higher conscientiousness was associated with lower trust (per 1-point increase, -2.17 points [95% CI -3.31 to -1.03]).

CONCLUSION: Whereas higher extraversion and agreeableness of attending rheumatologists led to higher patient trust in their rheumatologist, overly high conscientiousness may lead to lower trust resulting from the physicians' demand of responsibility and adherence to instructions from patients with SLE.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

The Journal of rheumatology - 51(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 168-175

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oguro, Nao [VerfasserIn]
Yajima, Nobuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Ishikawa, Yuichi [VerfasserIn]
Sakurai, Natsuki [VerfasserIn]
Hidekawa, Chiharu [VerfasserIn]
Ichikawa, Takanori [VerfasserIn]
Kishida, Dai [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Keigo [VerfasserIn]
Shidahara, Kenta [VerfasserIn]
Miyawaki, Yoshia [VerfasserIn]
Yoshimi, Ryusuke [VerfasserIn]
Sada, Ken-Ei [VerfasserIn]
Shimojima, Yasuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Kurita, Noriaki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Big Five personality traits
Journal Article
Physician trust
Systemic lupus erythematosus

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Date Completed 05.02.2024

Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3899/jrheum.2023-0603

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364061030