title: A portable, unobtrusive device for videorecording clinical interactions.
abstract: Recording and analyzing real-time interactions in clinical settings is important for basic and applied research in psychology and other disciplines. Investigators frequently have used simple audiotaping procedures to record these encounters (e.g., Roter, Geller, Bernhardt, Larson, & Doksum, 1999), but videorecording is increasingly viewed as more reliable and valid, because it captures the full range of complex and interdependent verbal and nonverbal behaviors that occur in an interaction. This article describes a system designed to videotape clinical interactions in a manner that can be moved in and out of different clinical rooms to preserve flexibility in its use. Data are presented to demonstrate that the system is unobtrusive during the interaction, yet fully compatible with institutional review board guidelines to protect human participants' privacy and freedom to control the recording process.
authors.affiliation: Communication and Behavioral Oncology Program, Barbara A. Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. albrecht@karmanos.org
authors.forename: Terrance L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ruckdeschel
authors.forename: Fountain L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Ben J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Pethe
authors.forename: Dawn L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Riddle
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strohm
authors.forename: Louis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Penner
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Coovert
authors.forename: Gwendolyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Christina G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Blanchard
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008904:Miniaturization; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D018907:Privacy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*