[Retracted] Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice regarding Narrative Medicine among Chinese Medical Personnel: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 2
General cognition and basic knowledge of narrative medicine among 2,145 Chinese medical personnel.
Dimension
Item
Option
General cognition
Understanding of NM
Never heard
423 (19.72)
Not very familiar, only heard or browsed
729 (33.99)
Relatively familiar, know its concept
635 (29.60)
Very familiar, have participated in some systematic trainings
358 (16.69)
Pathways to understanding NM
Lectures
780 (41.85)
Internet
908 (48.71)
Conferences
892 (47.85)
Textbooks
674 (36.16)
Training courses
737 (39.54)
Journals
480 (25.75)
Others
24 (1.29)
Understanding of parallel medical records
Never heard
512 (23.87)
Not very familiar, only heard or browsed
737 (34.36)
Relatively familiar, know its concept
578 (26.95)
Very familiar, have participated in some systematic trainings
318 (14.83)
Ever practice of NM-related skills in daily work
Yes
1,167 (54.41)
No
978 (45.59)
Basic knowledge
Ability to distinguish between “disease” and “sickness”
No, I cannot.
514 (23.96)
Yes, I can. The former is the doctors’ world of and the latter is the patients’ world.
1,631 (76.04)
Contents of narrative relationship in medical field
Doctors and patients
1,497 (69.79)
Doctors and themselves
1,314 (61.26)
Doctors and their colleagues
1,530 (71.33)
Doctors and society
1,236 (57.62)
Contents of narrative types
Patients’ stories
1,477 (68.86)
Doctors’ stories
1,290 (60.14)
Narratives of doctor-patient contact
1,661 (77.44)
Grand narratives (metanarratives)
911 (42.47)
Narrative types which parallel medical records belong to
Patients’ stories
552 (25.73)
Doctors’ stories
447 (20.84)
Narratives of doctor-patient contact
783 (36.50)
Grand narratives (metanarratives)
363 (16.92)
Note: NM = narrative medicine; included communicating with others, recommendation from colleagues, WeChat (e.g., moments and official accounts), reading relevant works (especially Rita Charon’s works), and participating in the compilation of NM textbooks.
