Patient Education and Counseling

Article	Citations
Navigating obstetric bad news: Insights from tertiary care medical teams	136
Nurse-patient communication in complex situations: development of dynamic, generalizable scenarios	99
Communication work among young breast cancer survivors	76
From 0 to 100: self-management in individuals with spinal cord injury after initial rehabilitation	68
Co-designing communication research within family practice: experiences from Basque Country, Spain	65
Patient-centred communication to improve patient safety	64
Integrating natural language processing (NLP) into health communication research and practice	64
Development of a rubric assessment form for evaluating communication skills of pharmacy students	61
The biographical approach: a narrative practice to improve patients' support and care	61
Exploring uncertainties regarding unsolicited findings in genetic testing	56
Constructing an intervention to foster posttraumatic growth in people living with a life limiting illness and receiving palliative care: Participatory action research	55
GP laughter in lifestyle behaviour consultations: A conversation analytical study of general practice	54
Bringing personal perspective elicitation to the heart of shared decision-making: a scoping review	53
A communication training for pharmacy staff to improve the conversation about medication switches	51
Innovative Communication Skills Training for First and Second Year Medical Students	47
Switching to remote public service interpreting with the help of training during the pandemic	46
Cancer care partners’ behavioral intention to use autonomy enhancing communication skills during accompanied visits after online skill training.	45
The use of AccuRx in collection of Friends and Family Test data in a primary care network	45
Train the trainer-certificate-programme for teachers of medical-therapeutic health professionals	45
Methods: to elicit and evaluate the attainment of patient goals in older adults: a scoping review	42
Exploring health advice by dental professionals in USA: A secondary data analysis of NHANES (2015–2018)	41
“My gut feeling is…”: Identifying healthcare professionals communication about pain in rheumatology	37
Investigating question-answer sequences in child mental health assessments: Engaging children and families through declarative question design	36
Sharpening the lens: Resources to enhance methodological rigor in healthcare communication coding	35
The role of congruency in patient-doctor interactions: Insights from rare cancer consultations	35

Risk communication – the science of making “meaningful numbers” or the art of making “meaningful pictures”?	35
Current communication practices for biomarker testing in non-small cell lung cancer: Exploring patient and clinician perspectives	35
Adapting TikTok and behavioral economics for youth-centered HIV prevention and PrEP education in the Philippines	34
Health literacy-sensitive communication in diabetes care: A qualitative exploration of interpersonal and policy-level factors	33
Corrigendum to “Instruments evaluating the duration and pace of clinical encounters: A scoping review” [Patient Educ Couns 131 (2025) 108591]	33
Prostate cancer, online health information and communication technology – Bibliometric analysis of field with research frontiers	33
Editorial Board	33
Influence of patient-oriented organizational climate on physicians’ patient-centered behavior: The mediating role of patient-centeredness self-efficacy	32
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 study	32
The role of accountability in adherence programs	32
Argumentative discourse in clinical dialogues: An interdisciplinary perspective	31
Dyadic concordance and other considerations for matching pairs for peer support diabetes prevention interventions: A mixed methods assessment	31
“Letter to my future self” as a device for assessing health education effectiveness	31
Content and quality of consumer websites providing information about human papillomavirus infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: An environmental scan	30
Information needs across time after a hematological cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study of patient and clinician perspectives	30
A pre-visit video/question prompt list intervention to increase youth question-asking about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during pediatric visits	30
Optimised heart failure medication in hospital-to-home transitions: An adherence burden for patients?	29
Editorial Board	28
Strengthening the foundations of shared decision-making in oncology: Systematic review and formal representation of theoretical models	28
How health professionals navigate diagnostic uncertainty in clinical practice: A rapid scoping review	28
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of interprofessional collaboration in patient education: A systematic review	27
Effects of a temporal self-regulation theory-based intervention on self-management in hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial	27
The backpack	27
What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis	27
Health literacy friendly organizations – A scoping review about promoting health literacy in a surgical setting	27
The effects of motivational interviewing on hypertension management: A systematic review and meta-analysis	26
The effect of nurse-led empowering education on nutrition impact side effects in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A randomised trial	26
The effect of preoperative education on postoperative pain and function after orthopedic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Practitioner accounts of end-of-life communication in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan: A systematic review	26
Introducing a brain health literacy framework to promote health equity for Latinos: A discussion paper	26
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 disease	26
Developing “The Health After Cancer Podcast” to amplify cancer survivors’ voices through digital storytelling	25
Editorial Board	25
Assessment of the variability and accuracy of readability scores across online calculators	25
For which decisions is Shared Decision Making considered appropriate? – A systematic review	25
From talk to text: Extending the arc of doctor patient communication research to real-time visit documentation	25
Decision-making experiences of patients and partners opting for active surveillance in esophageal cancer treatment	25
Understand nurse’s perspectives on communication with Chinese-speaking cardiac patients	25
Journey to inpatient hospice care: A qualitative study on the decision-making process of Chinese family caregivers of persons with terminal cancer	25
Primary care providers’ views of discussing COVID-19 vaccination with vaccine hesitant patients: A qualitative study	24
The interplay between learners' planned behaviour and learning environment in CST: a PAR study	24
Effectiveness of motivational interviewing among patients with COPD: A systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials	24
Shared decision making reimagined	24
Exploring the validity of US Pharmacopeia pictograms among young Spanish citizens who have completed secondary education	23
Quality of nurses communication and interpersonal skills	23
Metaphor in a medical admissions tests	23
Improved values- based goals of care documentation through interprofessional communication education	23
Positive oral communication enhances pain management strategies	22
(WIP) News coverage about cancer screening in the Netherlands: A content analysis	22
Where is Shared Decision Making in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma? A Qualitative Study	22

From Manchester to Alexandria: Are there fundamentals of communication teaching	22
Exploring the relationship between GP and patient language use: The case of (un)explained symptoms	22
Effects of a health psychology-based intervention for patients with asplenia on psychological determinants of preventive behaviour: A propensity score analysis	22
(WIP) Beyond 3rd-Person Personal Pronouns: Removing gender-language from written healthcare communication	22
Black Americans’ Perceptions of Communication and Other Factors during Oncology Care Virtual Visits	22
Patient-centredness in healthcare: co-design for patient education material about insomnia	21
“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 public	21
(WIP) Towards culturally sensitive shared decision-making in oncology: A study protocol	21
How different dimensions of medical students’ empathy relate to mental health and burnout	21
(WIP) Student Perceptions of Clinical Communication Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education	21
Medication Challenges in the Post-Stroke Patient: A Qualitative Study	21
Patient experiences and provider perspectives on genital surgery on young children with DSD	21
Experiences with information provision and preferences for decision making of patients with stroke	20
Challenges of public institutional communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.	20
Communicating about clinical trials to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities	20
Cracking the Deep Freeze	19
Association between self-perceived consultation time and understanding of the prescribed treatment: An analysis of a national survey in Peru	19
Speaking out of turn: Implications of partner contributions for patient autonomy during prostate cancer consultations	19
Assessing the role of interactivity: An evaluation of information aids to support the enrollment of precision medicine research programs	19
Disassembling realities: A personal narrative	19
Editorial Board	19
Designing a lifestyle intervention to optimise cardiometabolic health in high-risk prenatal and postnatal women: A pre-implementation study	19
Understanding the varying social factors affecting pediatric participation during medical visits	19
Co-design to increase implementation of insomnia guidelines in primary care	19
Editorial Board	19
Let’s keep an eye on it: An experiment examining healthcare provider use of figurative language on perceptions of provider and accommodation	19
Effects of reasoned treatment decision-making on parent-related outcomes: Results from a video-vignette experiment in neonatal care	18
Living with type 2 diabetes: A social cognitive perspective on adherence	18
Understanding how patient education affects the process of treatment decision-making: Cultural model change in kidney disease therapy	18
Stage-based analysis of an adaptive worksite intervention trial for diabetes prevention	18
Effect of a family planning program on documented emotional support and reproductive goals counseling after previable pregnancy loss	18
Comprehensibility of South African pictograms by sub-Saharan African prospective-users	18
Guided Self-Determination – What does “guided” mean in connection with self-determination?	18
“Everything looks reassuring.”: Managing uncertainty during the emergency department discharge process	18
Development of an adjective-selection measure evaluating clinicians’ attitudes towards using patient decision aids: The ADOPT measure	18
Measures to evaluate clinician communication in the intensive care unit: A systematic review of measurement properties	18
Evaluation of a nurse-led multi-component transition program for adolescents with congenital heart disease	18
Shared decision-making and the duration of medical consultations: A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Owning the moment: A call for humanism in medicine to address complex chronic illness	17
Pilot study: Training bilingual Hmong caregivers using the pain assessment information visualization tool for effective communication in healthcare	17
Patient-reported outcome measures in value-based healthcare: A multiple methods study to assess patient-centredness	17
Understanding digital clinical communication in healthcare: A qualitative synthesis	17
Monitoring what matters to people with diabetes: Do we underestimate the importance of behaviour, attitude, and well-being?	17
Psychosocial impacts of, and barriers to, lung cancer screening: An international qualitative study of multidisciplinary health professionals’ perspectives	17
The use of a biopsychosocial model in the treatment of patients with chronic	17
Use of metaphor in provider-patient communication in medical settings: A systematic review	17
Supportive and psychosocial peer-group interventions for children and adolescents of parents with cancer: A systematic review	17
Parental satisfaction with diagnosis disclosure: A study on parents of children or adults with genetic syndromes	16
Exploring student perceptions of empathy development during medical school – A phenomenological study	16
Interaction between telenurses and callers – A deductive analysis of content and timing in telephone nursing calls	16
Communication matters when it comes to adverse events: Associations of adverse events during implant treatment with patients’ communication quality and trust assessments	16
Limited health literacy in primary care physiotherapy: Does a physiotherapist use techniques to improve communication?	16
Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy: A mixed-methods study of attitudes in a sample of Italian women and the role of health professionals’ communication	16
Shared decision-making, the working alliance, and patient-centered care: A simultaneous concept analysis and review of the literature	16
The paradox of autonomy: A discussion paper	16
Shared decision making with black patients: A scoping review	16
Effectiveness of a pain education programme in cancer pain management: Results from the EFFADOL stepped-wedge trial	16
Communication between healthcare providers and communicatively-vulnerable patients with associated health outcomes: A scoping review of knowledge syntheses	16
Improving communication with patients with communication disabilities	15
Tech tools unleashed: elevating your scientific productivity with AI and other software	15
Increasing emotional intelligence for improved relationship-centered communication	15
The perspectives of participants with traumatic brain injury on prospective memory rehabilitation incorporating compensatory and metacognitive skills training	15
The impact of mindfulness-based interventions on the experiences of cancer patients: A qualitative meta-synthesis	15
Contextualising care by medical specialists in the Netherlands	15
Stakeholder engagement (including PPI) in healthcare communication research and education	15
Exploring communication around end of life among spanish speaking families in pediatric ICU	15
Patients' perceptions of communication during in-person and telehealth oncology visits	15
Risk communication of study drug side effects: An evaluation of informed consent forms from ClinicalTrials.gov	15
Teaching visual literacy to medical students, a scoping review on effective infographic design	15
Tools and strategies for physiotherapists communication to patients with limited health literacy	15
Developing implementation strategies to prevent venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer	15
Leading platform thuisarts.nl: understandable and reliable medical information for general public	15
Validation of the Knowledge of Genome Sequencing (KOGS) scale in cancer patients	15
Validation of the typology of healthcare interpreter positionings among healthcare practitioners	15
Interprofessional counselling of oncology patients on complementary and integrative health care	14
Factors affecting interest in multiple genetic tests in an ethnically diverse sample of young women	14
“Don’t worry, you can trust me”: Indicators of the role of trust in residents’ reflective writing	14
Coaching for parents of children with type 1 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial	14
Exploring the impact of a pain assessment information visualization tool on provider-patient pain discussion with limited English proficiency Hmong patients	14
An Empowerment Toolbox for Older People with Atrial Fibrillation: Results: from the AFFIRMO project	14

Is weight an emotional issue? Direct observation of weight discussions in primary care consultations	14
Psychometric assessment of the Concerns about Late Effects in Oncology Questionnaire (CLEO) among female breast cancer survivors	14
Exploring the cultural factors affecting E-cigarette use among young adults in China: Utilizing the PEN-3 cultural model	14
Impact of personalized risk scores on shared decision making in left ventricular assist device implantation: Findings from a qualitative study	14
Virtual reality training of bad news delivery in health care	14
Patients' attitudes towards using a question prompt list in community pharmacies	14
Does interprofessional communication change after introducing EPR? A qualitative network analysis	14
Using real-time recordings to design communication training on how physicians discuss code status	14
Applying the RE-AIM framework to evaluate an educational model to “close the gap” and improve health equity in uncontrolled hypertension	14
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in patient engagement in healthcare interactions	14
Application of motivational interviewing to group: Teaching advance care planning via group visits for clinical professionals	14
Communicating with children in healthcare: How can we make it better?	13
Credit where it’s due: Recognising lived experience in research authorship	13
AI chatbots in radiotherapy counseling: Reliability alone is not enough for patient education	13
Measuring the use of spoken plain language by clinicians in healthcare encounters: A scoping review	13
Treatment-related communication experiences and expectations among Indian cancer patients receiving radiation therapy and their family members: A qualitative study	13
Relative importance of “why” and “how” messages on medication behavior: Insights from construal level theory	13
The use of outcome data in patient consultations from the healthcare professionals’ and patients’ perspectives: A mixed methods study	13
Effectiveness of self-management program for gastric cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial comparing gain vs. loss message framing	13
Disparities in cancer clinical trials information-seeking: Findings from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service	13
Emotional cues and concerns of patients with a life limiting, chronic illness during advance care planning conversations in general practice	13
Editorial Board	13
Changes in disease-related knowledge and educational needs of patients with coronary heart disease over a six-month period between hospital discharge and follow-up	13
A theory-based educational intervention to increase mothers’ intention to vaccinate their daughters against human papillomavirus: A randomised controlled trial	13
It is time to recognise shared decision-making as a complex intervention	13
Exercising power in the self-management of COPD: A narrative inquiry. Patient and user perspectives	13
Exploring factors to interpretation of targeted nutrition messages for people living with multiple sclerosis	13
Physician-directed information prescription service. A scoping review	13
Towards a code of conduct for medical influencers	13
Attributes, skills and resources required for peer health navigator roles: A qualitative study of the perspective of patients, healthcare professionals and health navigators	13
Teaching approaches for dialogue in a digital simulation	12
Visual presentations to communicate prognosis in adults: Two online randomised controlled trials	12
Assessing the mediating role of disenfranchising talk on the well-being of female patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions	12
How clinicians' intentionally and unwittingly tailor treatment information to cancer patients	12
Patient and family-centered care among Middle Eastern and North African children living in the United States	12
Interventions to improve medical media reporting: a co-designed acceptability study with journalists	12
Free spirit	12
A multi-site prospective controlled pilot evaluation of Cardiac College for Women in the cardiac rehabilitation setting	12
Educational gains from video feedback activity: the perception of general practice trainees	12
Promoting HIV self-testing via emotional support messages among men who have sex with men in China	12
Decision making about esophageal cancer treatment: variation in clinicians’ communication behavior	12
Corrigendum to “Promoting interactional health equity through (Complementary and Integrative Health) talk during clinical encounters” [Patient Educ Couns 134 (2025) 108651]	12
Discrepancies in subjective vs. objective health literacy assessments in older adults	12
Improving communication post-spinal cord injury: a longitudinal qualitative study	12
A train-the-trainer educational program to improve professional skills in elderly diabetes care	12
Experiential approaches to professional communication skills training: a grounded theory study	12
Understanding young persons' experiences through healthcare transition. A qualitative study	11
“Are you otherwise fit and well?”: Past medical history questions in UK paediatric consultations	11
Medical students learn patient-centered communication from patients with chronic conditions	11
Substance use as subtext to health narratives: Identifying opportunities for improving care from community member perspectives	11
Considerations for student-led telepractice in paediatric speech-language therapy during COVID-19	11
Myths and misinformation associated with vaccine incompleteness: A survey study	11
The effect of mobile application based genetic counseling on the psychosocial well-being of thalassemia patients and caregivers: A randomized controlled trial	11
Family involvement and diabetes distress across dyads for adults with type 2 diabetes	11
Real needs of end-stage kidney disease patients awaiting kidney transplantation in China: A qualitative study	11
Designing a Course on Communication in Healthcare for Undergraduate Medical Students	11
Education, trust, and likelihood to vaccinate against COVID-19 among patients with diabetes in the American South	11
(WIP) EPAs for assessment of communication skills competences during Family Medicine residency in Portugal	11
Intensifying approaches to address clinical inertia among cardiovascular disease risk factors: A narrative review	11
Communication strategies among Black pastors in South Carolina about the COVID-19 Vaccination	11
Personal health planning for patients with COPD: Staff perspectives from VA’s Whole Health system	11
O.9.2Oncology nurses' perceptions of advance directives for patients with cancer	11
Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and navigation in the healthcare system? The French national health literacy survey (HLS19)	11
Editorial Board	11
Conversation starters: Understanding the facilitators and barriers to physician-initiated secure firearm storage conversations	11
Partnering with consumers to co-design a person-centred coding framework for qualitative patient experience data	11
Medical treatment decision-making in rural cancer patients: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis	11
Association between relational attitudes and a training in communication and emotion handling skills	11
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 areas	11
Between doubt and diagnosis: Patient experiences of emotional harm from diagnostic delays	11
Effectiveness of remotely delivered motivational conversations on health outcomes in patients living with musculoskeletal conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Access frequency, institutional empowerment and online health record use in later life	11
The immediate, intermediate, and long-term effectiveness of audiovisuals for providing pre-treatment information to patients with cancer: A systematic review	11
How is complementary medicine discussed in oncology? Observing real-life communication between clinicians and patients with advanced cancer	11
Reflections on ‘common’ genetic medical history questions: Time to examine the what, why, and how	11
Assessment of pregnant women's intention to use a mobile application-based decision aid for prenatal screening for trisomies 21, 18 and 13: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study	11
Providers’ communication-related concerns in helping patients address the financial impact of cancer	11
Current status and implementation strategies of patient education in core outcome set development	11
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Disclosure Among Oncology Patients: Describing Current Trends	10
Provider use of a participatory style during ADHD pediatric visits and satisfaction	10
Needs-assessment for developing a patient-centered communication skills training for nursing staff	10
How do general practitioners manage patient health literacy differences in cardiovascular disease prevention consultations? An interview study	10
How children and adolescents with chronic pain describe their pain experiences: A qualitative systematic review	10
Corrigendum to “Guided Self-Determination – What does “guided” mean in connection with self-determination?” [Patient Educ Couns 141 (2025) 109306]	10
Challenges facing introduction of communication skills into medical education in Iraq	10
Patients’ and kin’s perspective on healthcare quality compared to Lachman's multidimensional quality model: Focus group interviews	10
Patient autonomy in decision-making is more than individual belief: Understanding why health misinformation and conspiracy theories are so appealing	10
Assessing the impact of patient-involvement healthcare strategies on patients, providers, and the healthcare system: A systematic review	10
A smartphone-based supportive counseling on health anxiety and acceptance of disability in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients: A randomized clinical trial	10
Evaluation of natural history communication and shared decision making for self-limiting conditions: Analysis of UK primary care consultations	10
Talking about completely different “things” in shared decision making	10
Corrigendum to “Antidepressant decision aid for major depressive disorder patients (ADAM): Development and pilot testing” [Patient Education and Counseling 105 7 (2022) 2466–2474]	10
Tailoring chemoradiotherapy treatment information to the evolving, individual needs of adult brain cancer patients throughout the treatment trajectory: A scoping review	10
Effectiveness of a BCW-based interactive pictorial health education program among patients with hypertension in the urban-rural fringe area in China	10
Corrigendum to “‘About the patient, not for the patient’: A qualitative study on medical reports in hepatology” [Patient Educ Couns 142 (2026) 109363]	10