Wolf A Langewitz

Summary

Affiliation: University Hospital
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Shared-decision making in general practice: do patients with respiratory tract infections actually want it?
    Matthias Briel
    Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 137:483-5. 2007
  2. ncbi Open and hidden agendas of "asymptomatic" patients who request check-up exams
    Sabina Hunziker
    Medical Outpatient Division Ambulatory Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    BMC Fam Pract 12:22. 2011
  3. ncbi Swiss Cancer League communication skills training programme for oncology nurses: an evaluation
    Wolf Langewitz
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basle, Switzerland
    J Adv Nurs 66:2266-77. 2010
  4. ncbi [Evaluation of a two year curriculum in psychosocial and psychosomatic medicine--handling emotions and communicating in a patient centred manner]
    Wolf A Langewitz
    Universitatsspital Basel, Psychosomatische Medizin, Basel, Schweiz
    Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 60:451-6. 2010
  5. ncbi Validation of the PhysioQuant blood pressure measuring monitor in adults
    Wolf Langewitz
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Blood Press Monit 14:220-1. 2009
  6. ncbi From patient talk to physician notes-Comparing the content of medical interviews with medical records in a sample of outpatients in Internal Medicine
    Wolf A Langewitz
    Dept Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    Patient Educ Couns 76:336-40. 2009
  7. ncbi [The more the patient knows the better his or her position?]
    Wolf Langewitz
    Abteilung für Psychosomatik, Universitatsspital, Basel
    Ther Umsch 64:585-7. 2007
  8. ncbi Beyond content analysis and non-verbal behaviour - what about atmosphere? A phenomenological approach
    W Langewitz
    Division of Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstr 2, CH 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    Patient Educ Couns 67:319-23. 2007
  9. ncbi [Communication matters--deficits in hospital care from the patients' perspective]
    Wolf Langewitz
    Abteilung Psychosomatik Innere Medizin, Universitatskliniken, Kantonsspital Basel, Switzerland
    Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 52:348-54. 2002
  10. ncbi Hospital patients' preferences for involvement in decision-making. A questionnaire survey of 1040 patients from a Swiss university hospital
    Wolf Langewitz
    Div Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basle, Basel, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 136:59-64. 2006

Detail Information

Publications27

  1. ncbi Shared-decision making in general practice: do patients with respiratory tract infections actually want it?
    Matthias Briel
    Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 137:483-5. 2007
    ..There is conflicting evidence on whether patients wish to be involved in medical decisions...
  2. ncbi Open and hidden agendas of "asymptomatic" patients who request check-up exams
    Sabina Hunziker
    Medical Outpatient Division Ambulatory Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    BMC Fam Pract 12:22. 2011
    ..However, quantitative and qualitative data about the discrepancy between patient- and provider expectations for this type of clinic consultation is lacking...
  3. ncbi Swiss Cancer League communication skills training programme for oncology nurses: an evaluation
    Wolf Langewitz
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basle, Switzerland
    J Adv Nurs 66:2266-77. 2010
    ..This paper is a report of an evaluation of the effectiveness of a communication skills training programme for oncology nurses...
  4. ncbi [Evaluation of a two year curriculum in psychosocial and psychosomatic medicine--handling emotions and communicating in a patient centred manner]
    Wolf A Langewitz
    Universitatsspital Basel, Psychosomatische Medizin, Basel, Schweiz
    Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 60:451-6. 2010
    ..001). Furthermore, participants allow patients longer stretches of uninterrupted speech: increase from 1.76 ± 1.4 to 2.47 ± 2.3 utterances (p<0.001) helping them into a narrative style of conversation...
  5. ncbi Validation of the PhysioQuant blood pressure measuring monitor in adults
    Wolf Langewitz
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Blood Press Monit 14:220-1. 2009
    ..The accuracy of the device did not vary according to BP values or other patient characteristics. The device passed all phases of the protocol and can be recommended following the regulation rules of the European Society of Hypertension...
  6. ncbi From patient talk to physician notes-Comparing the content of medical interviews with medical records in a sample of outpatients in Internal Medicine
    Wolf A Langewitz
    Dept Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    Patient Educ Couns 76:336-40. 2009
    ..Therefore, correct documentation of the content of a consultation is crucial to hand over information from one health care professional to the next...
  7. ncbi [The more the patient knows the better his or her position?]
    Wolf Langewitz
    Abteilung für Psychosomatik, Universitatsspital, Basel
    Ther Umsch 64:585-7. 2007
    ....
  8. ncbi Beyond content analysis and non-verbal behaviour - what about atmosphere? A phenomenological approach
    W Langewitz
    Division of Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstr 2, CH 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    Patient Educ Couns 67:319-23. 2007
    ..This research has been guided by the assumption that good communication will be better understood and easier to teach when its single constituents are identified. This paper points to the limitation of this approach...
  9. ncbi [Communication matters--deficits in hospital care from the patients' perspective]
    Wolf Langewitz
    Abteilung Psychosomatik Innere Medizin, Universitatskliniken, Kantonsspital Basel, Switzerland
    Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 52:348-54. 2002
    ..The questionnaire describes deficits precisely enough to yield significant differences between single wards...
  10. ncbi Hospital patients' preferences for involvement in decision-making. A questionnaire survey of 1040 patients from a Swiss university hospital
    Wolf Langewitz
    Div Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basle, Basel, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 136:59-64. 2006
    ..Assessing patients' preferences for shared decision-making and receiving information...
  11. ncbi Effect of self-hypnosis on hay fever symptoms - a randomised controlled intervention study
    Wolf Langewitz
    Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Psychother Psychosom 74:165-72. 2005
    ..Many people suffer from hay fever symptoms. Hypnosis has proved to be a useful adjunct in the treatment of conditions where allergic phenomena have an important role...
  12. ncbi Spontaneous talking time at start of consultation in outpatient clinic: cohort study
    Wolf Langewitz
    Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, CH-4031 Basle, Switzerland
    BMJ 325:682-3. 2002
  13. ncbi A theory-based approach to analysing conversation sequences
    Wolf Langewitz
    Division Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 12:103-8. 2003
    ..We investigated whether a sequence analysis of utterances yields results which more precisely reflect the process of a conversation...
  14. ncbi A quantitative analysis of anaesthetist-patient communication during the pre-operative visit
    C H Kindler
    Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital Basel, CH 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    Anaesthesia 60:53-9. 2005
    ..Compared with general practitioners, anaesthetists offered more opportunities to discuss treatment options (mean (SD) OPTION score 26.8 (16.8) vs. 16.8 (7.7))...
  15. ncbi [Psychotherapy in a patient with lupus erythematodes--a disease with an uncertain course]
    I Geiger
    Abteilung für Transplantationsimmunologie und Nephrologie, Universitatsspital Basel
    Ther Umsch 64:581-4. 2007
    ..In his case cognitive deficits could be attributed to a CNS participation of SLE; central was an identity problem related to the disease. Within a few hours a substantial improvement of his condition could be achieved...
  16. ncbi Recipients' perspective on breaking bad news: how you put it really makes a difference
    Marianne Schmid Mast
    Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Social and Health Psychology, Rämistrasse 66, CH 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
    Patient Educ Couns 58:244-51. 2005
    ..The goal of this study was to show that physician communication style of breaking bad news affects how the physician is perceived, how satisfied recipients of bad news are with the consultation, and how they feel after the consultation...
  17. ncbi Doctor's responses to patients' concerns; an exploration of communication sequences in gynaecology
    Sandra van Dulmen
    NIVEL Netherlands Institute of Health Services Research, P O Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 12:98-102. 2003
    ..The question is how gynaecologists respond to patients' concerns, whether or not they do this adequately and what the effects of a communication training are on the use of these communication sequences...
  18. ncbi Consistency in anaesthetic care: segmentation of anaesthetic care is not inherently bad
    Christoph H Kindler
    BMJ 327:931. 2003
  19. ncbi [Patient decision making ability returned--not always a simple venture]
    Wolf Langewitz
    Ther Umsch 64:557-9. 2007
  20. ncbi From primary care interventions to classical communication studies: papers from the EACH 2006 conference
    Wolf Langewitz
    Patient Educ Couns 67:241-5. 2007
  21. ncbi Coronary artery disease and depression
    Michael J Zellweger
    Cardiology Department, University Hospital, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    Eur Heart J 25:3-9. 2004
    ..Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort), an increasingly used herbal antidepressant drug should be used with caution due to severe and possibly dangerous interaction with cardioactive drugs...
  22. ncbi Patient satisfaction with continued versus divided anesthetic care
    Christoph Harms
    Department of Anesthesia, Hirslanden Klinik Aarau, CH 5001 Aarau, and Division of Psychosomatic Medicine Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    J Clin Anesth 19:9-14. 2007
    ..To evaluate patient acceptability of continued versus divided anesthetic care...
  23. ncbi Five years of EACH (European Association for Communication in Healthcare)
    Sandra van Dulmen
    NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, P O Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Patient Educ Couns 62:379-84. 2006
    ..To comply with these increasing demands, EACH invites new persons to become a member of one of the recently launched committees in the area of research, teaching and publishing...
  24. ncbi Preoperative visits in anesthesia: communication patterns and sequences: application of an explorative analysis
    Matthias Nuebling
    Empirical Consulting, Freiburg, Germany
    Patient Educ Couns 54:379-81. 2004
  25. ncbi Communication training and antibiotic use in acute respiratory tract infections. A cluster randomised controlled trial in general practice
    Matthias Briel
    Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 136:241-7. 2006
    ..A cluster-randomised controlled trial in general practice..
  26. ncbi Prevalence and influence of diagnostic tests for acute respiratory tract infections in primary care
    Matthias Briel
    Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 136:248-53. 2006
    ..We investigated the prevalence of these tests, and how tests are associated with diagnosis, treatment and patient satisfaction...
  27. ncbi [Patient opinion surveys in the hospital: revalidation and improvement of a questionnaire]
    Matthias Nübling
    Gesellschaft für Empirische Beratung, Freiburg
    Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 53:236-42. 2003
    ..The sensitivity of the factors in describing specific profiles of single wards will help to target measures to improve quality of care to those wards where improvement is most utterly needed...