Christa Zimmermann

2.5k citations

46 papers · 1.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 21

General Health Professions top 1%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 2%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 10%
Clinical Psychology top 5%
Social Psychology top 5%

Co-authors: Lidia Del Piccolo Maria Angela Mazzi Michela Rimondini Francesca Moretti Arnstein Finset Jozien M. Bensing Giuseppe Deledda Claudia Goss
Topics: Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (29 papers)Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (10 papers)Empathy and Medical Education (10 papers)
Cited by: Family Practice General Health Professions Psychiatry and Mental health
Journals: Psychological Bulletin Social Science & Medicine The British Journal of Psychiatry
Partner nations: Italy Netherlands United Kingdom

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Christa Zimmermann

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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A standardized approach to qualitative content analysis of focus group discussions from different countries

2011 312 citations Francesca Moretti, Liesbeth van Vliet et al. Patient Education and Counseling profile →

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1	Which patient and doctor behaviours make a medical consultation more effective from a patient point of view. Results from a European multicentre study in 31 countries 2018 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Maria Angela Mazzi,Michela Rimondini,Egbert van der Zee,W.G.W. Boerma,Christa Zimmermann,Jozien M. Bensing	18
2	Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences (VR-CoDES): Conceptual framework and future directions 2017 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Lidia Del Piccolo,Arnstein Finset,Anneli V. Mellblom,Margarida Figueiredo‐Braga,(unknown),Yuefang Zhou,Christa Zimmermann,Gerry Humphris	53
3	How patients would like to improve medical consultations: Insights from a multicentre European study 2015 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Maria Angela Mazzi,Michela Rimondini,W.G.W. Boerma,Christa Zimmermann,Jozien M. Bensing	25
4	How patients want their doctor to communicate. A literature review on primary care patients’ perspective 2012 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Giuseppe Deledda,Francesca Moretti,Michela Rimondini,Christa Zimmermann	77
5	A standardized approach to qualitative content analysis of focus group discussions from different countriesbreakdown → 2011 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Francesca Moretti,Liesbeth van Vliet,Jozien M. Bensing,Giuseppe Deledda,Maria Angela Mazzi,Michela Rimondini,Christa Zimmermann,Ian Fletcher	312
6	Coding patient emotional cues and concerns in medical consultations: The Verona coding definitions of emotional sequences (VR-CoDES) 2010 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Christa Zimmermann,Lidia Del Piccolo,Jozien M. Bensing,Svein Bergvik,Hanneke de Haes,Hilde Eide,Ian Fletcher,Claudia Goss,Cathy Heaven,Gerry Humphris,Young Mi Kim,Wolf Langewitz,Ludwien Meeuwesen,Matthias Nuebling,Michela Rimondini,Peter Salmon,Sandra van Dulmen,Larry Wissow,Linda C. Zandbelt,Arnstein Finset	199
7	Involving patients in decisions during psychiatric consultations 2008 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Claudia Goss,Francesca Moretti,Maria Angela Mazzi,Lidia Del Piccolo,Michela Rimondini,Christa Zimmermann	104
8	Cues and concerns by patients in medical consultations: A literature review. 2007 ·Psychological Bulletin ·Christa Zimmermann,Lidia Del Piccolo,Arnstein Finset	181
9	Sequence analysis in multilevel models. A study on different sources of patient cues in medical consultations 2007 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Lidia Del Piccolo,Maria Angela Mazzi,Graham Dunn,Marco Sandri,Christa Zimmermann	22
10	Communication Skills in Psychiatry Residents – How Do They Handle Patient Concerns? 2006 ·Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics ·Michela Rimondini,Lidia Del Piccolo,Claudia Goss,Maria Angela Mazzi,(unknown),Christa Zimmermann	38
11	Information‐giving sequences in general practice consultations 2005 ·Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice ·Claudia Goss,Maria Angela Mazzi,Lidia Del Piccolo,Michela Rimondini,Christa Zimmermann	15
12	The English version of the Verona medical interview classification system (VR-MICS) 2005 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Lidia Del Piccolo,Nicola Mead,Linda Gask,Maria Angela Mazzi,Claudia Goss,Michela Rimondini,Christa Zimmermann	20
13	Event-based categorical sequential analyses of the medical interview: a review 2003 ·Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale ·Maria Angela Mazzi,Lidia Del Piccolo,Christa Zimmermann	14
14	Introduction. Sequence analysis of patient-provider interaction 2003 ·Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale ·Jozien M. Bensing,(unknown),Christa Zimmermann	6
15	The biopsychosocial domains and the functions of the medical interview in primary care: construct validity of the Verona Medical Interview Classification System 2003 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Lidia Del Piccolo,Samuel M. Putnam,Maria Angela Mazzi,Christa Zimmermann	25
16	Inter and intra individual variations in physicians’ verbal behaviour during primary care consultations 2002 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Lidia Del Piccolo,Maria Angela Mazzi,(unknown),Christa Zimmermann	39
17	Framing of outcome and probability of recurrence: Breast cancer patients' choice of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) in hypothetical patient scenarios 2000 ·Breast Cancer Research and Treatment ·Christa Zimmermann,(unknown),Annamaria Molino	28
18	Further results on the reliability of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) in an Italian sample of schizophrenic patients and their parents 2000 ·Journal of Clinical Psychology ·Ettore Favaretto,Stefano Torresani,Christa Zimmermann	29
19	The Verona-Medical Interview Classification System/Patient (VR-MICS/P). The instrument and its reliability 1999 ·Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale ·Lidia Del Piccolo,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Christa Zimmermann	16
20	An instrument for evaluating medical interview in general practice: the VR-MICS/D (Verona-Medical Interview Classification System/Doctor) 1998 ·Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Lidia Del Piccolo,Christa Zimmermann	14

About Christa Zimmermann

Christa Zimmermann is a scholar working on Family Practice, General Health Professions and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 46 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (29 papers), Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (10 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Family Practice (170 citations), General Health Professions (982 citations) and Psychiatry and Mental health (496 citations). Christa Zimmermann has collaborated with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lidia Del Piccolo, Maria Angela Mazzi, Michela Rimondini, Francesca Moretti, Arnstein Finset, Jozien M. Bensing, Giuseppe Deledda, Claudia Goss, Ian Fletcher and Liesbeth van Vliet. Their work appears in journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Social Science & Medicine and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

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