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20.03.2012 |
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Empathetic doctors have higher cure rate
If you ever get so ill that your life is in the hands of a doctor, make sure you get a doctor who gives the impression of being committed. According to health researchers at the University of Wisconsin, committed doctors are better healers than the highly-strung white-jacketed variety with their eye on the clock the whole time.
Eighty-four patients gave their doctor the maximum score [Perfect score/Perfect CARE]. The remaining 264 doctors didn't make the grade [Non-perfect score/Sub-perfect CARE].
The doctors with the maximum score turned out to be better healers: their patients had recovered after seven days on average. The patients of the less committed doctors took a day longer to get better. In addition, it seemed that patients of committed doctors were less affected by the symptoms of their viral infection.
The researchers suspect that the immune system plays a key role in the healing capacities of sympathetic doctors. They found more interleukine-8 in the nose of patients with a empathetic doctor than in the nose of patients with a low-score doctor. Interleukine-8 is an inflammatory protein that plays a role in the body’s natural resistance system. It stimulates immune cells to make their way to a location in the body where pathogens are trying to enter.
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