Table 1.

Published Video Elicitation Interview Studies of Physician-patient Interactions

Author, Year	Topic	Participants	Comments on Study Methodology
Henry et al,4 2011	Preventive services in primary care	Physicians and patients	Secondary analysis of video elicitation interviews
Gao et al,27 2009	Cross-cultural discussions of colorectal cancer screening	Patientsa	Used experienced translators and bilingual interviewers
O’Brien et al,29 2008	Decisions about breast cancer treatment	Patients	Included interactions with both medical and surgical oncologists
Saba et al,30 2006	Shared decision making in primary care	Physicians and patients	Compared analysis of video recordings with analysis of video elicitation interviews
Frankel et al,26 2005	Instances of effective or significant communication during interactions	Physicians and patients	Edited audio-recorded interview comments directly onto video recordings before analysis; used both dyad and physician as units of analysis
Fossum et al,31–33 2004	Perceptions of communication and quality of care in orthopedic clinics	Physicians and patients	Examined associations among interaction sequence, content, and patients’ expressions of satisfaction during interviews
Coleman et al,34–36 1999	Discussions about smoking in primary care	Physicians	Investigator recorded several interactions with each physician and chose 1 per physician for elicitation interviews. Participants watched videos immediately before rather than during the interview
Epstein et al,37 1998	HIV risk assessment in primary care	Physicians and patients	Participants watched videos and made both spontaneous and HIV- related comments. Video elicitation interviews were followed by standard interviews focused on barriers to discussions of HIV risk
Cromarty,38 1996	Patients’ thoughts during primary care interactions	Patients	Interviewed a subset of participants from a larger sample of recorded interactions; interviewed patients in their homes
Cegala et al,39,40 1996	Perceptions of communication competence in primary care	Physicians and patients	Used coded interviews for quantitative analysis; all interactions were recorded in the same room using a wall-mounted camera
Arborelius,28,41–45 1990	Comparison of physician and patient perspectives; dilemmas in primary care	Physicians and patients	Conducted 2 video elicitation interviews: 1 for spontaneous comments, and 1 focused on content related to specific research questions
Treichler et al,46 1987	Power dynamics in physician- patient interactions	Physician and patient	Detailed, microanalysis of a single interaction; compares a physician’s and student’s interaction with the same patient
Frankel et al,25 1982	Comparison of physician and patient perspectives	Physicians and patients	Edited audio-recorded interview comments directly onto video recordings before analysis

HIV=human immunodeficiency virus.

Note: Multiple articles analyzing the same set of video elicitation interviews are listed together in a single row.

^aStudy reports that physicians were interviewed, but only data from patient interviews were reported.