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This study investigates channel choice and effective patient-provider communication, patient satisfaction, self-efficacy, and self-care management among patients with a chronic disease by applying and testing two prominent media choice theories: channel expansion theory and media synchronicity theory. A national sample of respondents with chronic disease completed measures assessing constructs from each theory. The model for media synchronicity theory provided a better fit for the data than did the model for channel expansion theory. By providing an integrative model of effective patient-provider communication, this research provides practitioners and patients with theoretically -based empirical guidance to advance the study of chronic disease management.

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patient-provider communication channel expansion theory media synchronicity theory chronic disease self-efficacy

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Understanding Communication Effectiveness,Communication Satisfaction,Self-Efficacy,and Self-Care Management Among Patients With Chronic Disease

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