Open Access<p>Effects of Patients’ Perceptions of Physician–Patient Relational Empathy on an Inflammation Marker in Patients with Crohn’s Disease: The Intermediary Roles of Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Sleep Quality</p>
Author(s) -
Xin Xu,
Yan Zhang,
Wei Wang,
Yin Zhang,
Na Yang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s221435
Subject(s) - empathy , anxiety , medicine , clinical psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , self efficacy , psychology , psychiatry , nursing , psychotherapist
Physician-patient empathy is inextricably linked with outcomes of patients. The purpose of this study was to test whether anxiety, self-efficacy, and sleep quality played intermediary roles in relationships between patients' perceptions of physician-patient relational empathy and an inflammation marker in Crohn's disease patients.