Introduction
psychiatric, substance abuse
DISEASE
Life threatening disease, conflict with patients, patient non-adherence, psychiatric comorbidities, substance abuse, medical uncertainty among others are often considered to be sensitive topics. However, most research in this regard was mainly qualitative.A previous multicentre randomised trial including 919 internal medicine patients (BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE trial) aimed to compare the impact of patient case presentation during ward rounds on patients’ medical knowledge. Patient case presentations were either conducted at the bedside or outside the patient room.The current study aimed to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse audio tapes from internal medicine ward rounds of patients included in the BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE trial and to determine if discussing sensitive topics in clinical practice is associated with patient satisfaction.