@article{ref1,
title="Relational empathy, holistic care and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injuries: a cross-sectional study",
journal="American journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation",
year="2023",
author="Mohan, Meenakshi and Singh, Virendra Vikram and Deb, Roumi",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: High-quality health systems are built on the concept of patient-centred approach which includes holistic care and empathy. With time, this has progressively been recognized as a valuable paradigm for better health outcomes, particularly in chronic diseases. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: The study aims to determine the patient's perception during his/her consultation and to assess the relationship between CARE measure with demographic/injury variables and Quality of Life. <br><br>METHODS: The present cross-sectional study was conducted among 226 SCI individuals. Data was collected via structured questionnaire, WHOQOL-BREF, and CARE measure. Independent t- test is used to compare WHOQOL-BREF domains with two groups of CARE measure. Logistic regression was used to determine the significant factors of CARE measure. <br><br>RESULTS: In the logistic regression analysis, it was observed that higher quality of life score has significantly higher odds of getting higher CARE score with a remarkable odds ratio(O.R 1.0264, 1.0121,1.0261,95% C.I,P-value = 0.0001,0.0472, 0.0001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The quality of life of the present population is closely associated with greater perceptions of holistic care and empathy in the therapeutic patient-provider relationship. Lack of coordination, poor quality of life and limited communication between patient and provider may arise when the latter focuses only on treating disease rather than treating a patient as a &quot;Whole person&quot;.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9115",
doi="10.1097/PHM.0000000000002261",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000002261"
}