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Communication of healthcare professionals: is there ageism?

Schroyen, Sarah; Adam, Stéphane; Marquet, Manon et al.

2018 • In European Journal of Cancer Care, 27 (1), p. 12780

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[en] Elderspeak is often used when talking to older individuals and is characterized by a slower and/or louder speech, a patronizing tone, etc. A part of the reason of such communication can be found in the actual context of negative view of aging. However, the link between view of aging and elderspeak has never been objectively studied in oncology. Therefore, 40 healthcare professionals (physicians and medical students) record a podcast where they have to explain an endocrine therapy to two fictional patients (40 vs 70 years old). Results show that when participants explained the treatment to the older patient, they used shorter utterances and made more repetitions. They also evoked fewer side effects such as sexual issues. Moreover, reduction of length of utterances and of word-per-minute rate was observed for older patient when participants have a positive view of aging but for both patients when they have a negative view of aging. In conclusion, physicians and medical students used elderspeak when they explained a treatment to older patients. Participants with a more negative view of aging also unconsciously talked slower and made shorter utterances to a 40 year-old patient.

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Treatment & clinical psychology

Author, co-author :

Schroyen, Sarah ^✱; Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement

Adam, Stéphane ^✱; Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement

Marquet, Manon ; Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement

Jerusalem, Guy ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Oncologie

Thiel, Stéphanie

Giraudet, Anne-Laure

Missotten, Pierre ; Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement

^✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Language :

English

Title :

Communication of healthcare professionals: is there ageism?

Publication date :

2018

Journal title :

European Journal of Cancer Care

ISSN :

0961-5423

eISSN :

1365-2354

Publisher :

Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom

Volume :

27

Issue :

1

Pages :

e12780

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecc.12780/full

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
LNCC - Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer [FR]

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