Positive Caregiver-Patient Relationship Study

The purpose of this study was to determine specific aspects of positive caregiver-patient relationships using the mutual-participation model (Apollo, Golub, Wainberg & Indyk, 2006).The results were collected through seven focus groups made up of HIV positive patients. Through analyzing patient self-reports and verbatim recordings of the focus groups, positive caregiver-patient relationships proved to help individuals manage their illness. Three aspects of positive caregiver-patient relationships were identified including: dynamics of provider-to-patient communication (b) dynamics of patient-to-provider communication and (c) dynamics of collaboration (Apollo, Golub, Wainberg & Indyk, 2006). The study revealed that a professional relationship built upon mutual participation, respect and understanding allowed patients’ physical and emotional well-being to improve.
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There were 24 males and 18 females within the sample size, ages ranging from 25 to 61. Of the participants, 41% identified as African American and 49% identified as Latino. Individuals were recruited by a volunteer basis in the clinic’s waiting room. Patients were given $15.00 transportation vouchers as incentive to participate in the study. This compensation proved to be helpful in gathering a sample, however the sample was still relatively small which may have negatively affected the credibility of the study. In order to increase external validity, more HIV/AIDS case management clinics in varying locations should have been involved, increasing the number of participants and the range of socioeconomic and racial/ethnic