Author(s): Orsolya MÁTÉ – Attila KOVÁCS – Dr. Klára SIMON – Henriette PUSZTAFALVI – Annamária PAKAI

Title: HUMOR AS TOOL IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNICATION A RETROSPECTIVE QUANTITATIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY IN HUNGARY

Source: I. Szőköl - P. Tóth - K. Horváth - Š. Gubo (eds.): 12th International Conference of J. Selye University. Sections of Pedagogy and Informatics. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-373-0

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3778.2020.187

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2020, 187-193

Published on-line: 2020

Language: en

Abstract: Objectives: there is a question if humor is appropriate to use in official settings, especially in the hospital. The aim of this paper is to investigate the presence of humorous interactions between patient and nurses and patients and physicians. Methods: a retrospective, quantitative, cross-sectional analysis was conducted with the help of a self-evaluated pilot questionnaire in the clinic of University of Pécs and St. Pantheon hospital, both in Hungary in 2019. (N=155) Results: The majority of the patients reported (82%) that humour was a useful tool in difficult life situations in the hospital, although it helps to defeat only the low-level pain. Discussion: humour should be a commonly accepted communicational tool in the clinical setting, the usage should be taught already in the graduate education for health care professionals.

Keywords: Communication, hospital setting, humour, patients, physicians, education

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