title: [Outpatient expectations in dermatology consultations: A pilot study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Understanding patients' expectations with regard to medical care is critical as it guarantees an efficient therapeutic process. Our aim was to determine outpatients' expectations concerning clinical encounters in a dermatology clinic and to study how these matched the opinions of dermatologists regarding them.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consecutive outpatients consulting in five dermatology centres in the Paris suburbs between February 2013 and March 2013 were prospectively included. For this pilot cross-sectional study, we used two standardized forms to collect data from patients and dermatologists. Patients' answers were compared to those of their dermatologist, and the degree of matching was calculated to assess the ability of dermatologists to accurately identify their patients' expectations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred and sixty-five patients were included, with a median age of 41 years (interquartile range: 25; 62), of whom 166 were women (65.4%). Patient's principal expectations concerned diagnosis (51.7%) and medication (40.8%), with 32.1% of patients requiring reassurance. The rates of matching between patients' and dermatologists' answers ranged from 33.3% to 65.7% according to the type of expectations. The highest rate concerned expectation with regard to medications, being only 52.6% and 58.8%, respectively for expectations regarding diagnosis and the need for reassurance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights the need for improved identification of outpatient expectations in dermatology consultations.
authors.affiliation: Service de santé publique, hôpital Henri-Mondor, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parisot
authors.affiliation: Cabinet libéral, 30, avenue Victor-Cresson, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Electronic address: dompenso@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Penso-Assathiany
authors.affiliation: Cabinet libéral, 175, avenue Jules-Vallès, 91200 Athis-Mons, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Farcet
authors.affiliation: Centre de santé, 38, esplanade de l'Europe, 95100 Argenteuil, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raynaud
authors.affiliation: Cabinet libéral, 5 bis, rue Solférino, 75007 Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Consigny
authors.affiliation: Cabinet libéral, 8 bis, place Blanmont, 27140 Gisors, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Feton-Danou
authors.affiliation: Service de santé publique, hôpital Henri-Mondor, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bastuji-Garin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003880:Dermatology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Attentes du patient; Consultation; Dermatologie; Dermatology; Patient expectations; Patient satisfaction; Questionnaire; Satisfaction du patient; Standardized form