Behaviors that diffuse anxiety during the interview include:
a. avoiding wearing uniforms or laboratory coats.
b. providing forthright answers to questions.
c. providing all necessary information before the patient has to ask for it.
d. completing the interview as quickly as possible.
B
To relieve anxiety, the health care professional should answer patient questions forthrightly, should avoid an overload of information, and should not hurry the conversation. Uniforms, lab coats, and scrub suits are common in health care. It is impossible to anticipate every question that a patient may ask. Completing the interview as quickly as possible may make the patient feel rushed.
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