Abstract
Objective To identify the relationship between patients' trust and their health outcomes and verify the mediator role played by patients' behavioral intention in affecting the health outcomes.Methods The 24-item patients' trust evaluation scale customized based on QOC improvement was called into play to measure the extent of trust of 727 inpatients at two tertiary hospitals and 20community hospitals in Shanghai.The patients' behavioral intention scale,life quality scale and patients'clinical effect general scale helped reveal the patients' behavior tendency on their health.Restlts It is found that patients' trust affects their health outcomes.Furthermore,such trust plays partial mediator role on patients' life quality,and a complete mediator role in affecting the clinical effect.Conclusion Improvement of patients' behavior can result in better health outcomes.For doctors,better trust from the patients can affect patients' behavioral intention,encourage doctor-patient communication and therapy plans for better health outcomes in the end. Key words: Patients' trust; Patients' behavioral intentions; Life quality; Clinical effect; Health outcomes
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