title: Evaluation of communication and acceptance of the patients by medical personnel
abstract: The low level of patient satisfaction recorded in many studies and, at the same time, the level of frustration and burnout, disclosed by medics in the perception of the patient as a ‘problem’, incline to look for the causes of inadequate relationship between physician and patient.
  
  
  
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of acceptance of the patient by the medical personnel. The research problem was the acceptance level which was within the range of the communication skills of the nurses and doctors. Another aim was to discover the factors determining this level of acceptance.
  
  
  
  Two methods were used in the research process: 1) a diagnostic survey regarding the medical, professional communication skills; 2) testing of professional self-esteem from the medical aspect. The study population consisted of a total of 1,244 respondents divided into the following groups: registered nurses and doctors (729), students of nursing and medical faculties (515).
  
  
  
  The results of the research showed that in most cases the acceptance of the patient by the medical staff was ‘conditional’, which translated into the level of frustration or lack of satisfaction with their profession, and ultimately into the level of burnout. The level of patient acceptance by medical staff (unconditional acceptance), depended primarily on age, followed by their profession. However, the relationship between this acceptance and gender and work experience was statistically insignificant.
  
  
  
  As the method to improve this situation, the expansion of education in the field of interpersonal communication is proposed, adding issues related with both the conditional and unconditional acceptance of the patient, as well as issues regarding how to deal with the patient from the aspect of disease and the psycho-socio-spiritual area.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Rural Health in Lublin, Department of Biostatistics, Demography and Epidemiology, Lublin, Poland|University of Economics and Innovation, Department of Nursing, Lublin, Poland
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Włoszczak-Szubzda
authors.affiliation: Institute of Rural Health in Lublin, Department of Biostatistics, Demography and Epidemiology, Lublin, Poland|University of Economics and Innovation, Department of Nursing, Lublin, Poland
authors.forename: Mirosław J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jarosz
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Lublin, Emergency Medicine Department, Lublin, Poland
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goniewicz
authors.affiliation: Polish Air Force Academy, Faculty of National Security and Logistics, Dęblin, Poland|Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goniewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011044:Poland; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires