2018
Patient–Family Agenda Setting for Primary Care Patients with Cognitive Impairment: the SAME Page Trial
Wolff J, Roter D, Boyd C, Roth D, Echavarria D, Aufill J, Vick J, Gitlin L. Patient–Family Agenda Setting for Primary Care Patients with Cognitive Impairment: the SAME Page Trial. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 33: 1478-1486. PMID: 30022409, PMCID: PMC6108993, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4563-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care visitsVisit communicationCare visitsFamily companionsCognitive impairmentAttend primary care visitsGeneral clinicsPrimary care patientsVisit durationCare of patientsIntervention dyadsIntervention participantsBiomedical talkPatient-centeredGeriatric clinicPsychosocial talkCare patientsIntervention effectsPersonality/behavioral changesPatient's familyClinicians' questionsAudio-recordedHealth issuesInterventionGeriatric
2017
“Let him speak:” a descriptive qualitative study of the roles and behaviors of family companions in primary care visits among older adults with cognitive impairment
Vick J, Amjad H, Smith K, Boyd C, Gitlin L, Roth D, Roter D, Wolff J. “Let him speak:” a descriptive qualitative study of the roles and behaviors of family companions in primary care visits among older adults with cognitive impairment. International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2017, 33: e103-e112. PMID: 28585721, PMCID: PMC5862540, DOI: 10.1002/gps.4732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care visitsOlder adultsFamily companionsCare visitsCognitive impairmentFocus groupsAttend primary care visitsEnglish-speaking adults agePrimary care patientsPrimary care cliniciansInterviews of older adultsCommunication challengesSevere cognitive impairmentAccurate source of informationVisit communicationCompanion involvementPrimary careCare cliniciansVisit agendaCare patientsClinician confusionInhibit effective communicationQualitative studyImprove communicationQualitative interviews