What Are Some Open-ended Questions To Ask A Patient?

by | Last updated on January 24, 2024

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  • What health concerns do you have? …
  • What are you most worried could be wrong? …
  • What’s life been like for you during the pandemic? …
  • How did you and your partner meet? …
  • Can you tell me more?

What questions would you ask a patient?

  • What Are Your Medical and Surgical Histories? …
  • What Prescription and Non-Prescription Medications Do You Take? …
  • What Allergies Do You Have? …
  • What Is Your Smoking, Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use History? …
  • Have You Served in the Armed Forces?

What are examples of open ended questions?

  • Tell me about your relationship with your supervisor.
  • How do you see your future?
  • Tell me about the children in this photograph.
  • What is the purpose of government?
  • Why did you choose that answer?

What are some open ended questions to ask a client?

  • What are the main reasons you chose to shop today?
  • How did you feel about our customer service?
  • Where did you look before coming to our store?
  • Would you use our [product/service] again?
  • What did you like best about your experience?

What is an example of an open ended question in healthcare?

Examples of Open ended Questions:

How may/can I help you? Where have you looked already? What kind of information about your care are you looking for

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What is Open Question example?

Open-ended questions are broad and can be answered in detail (e.g.

“What do you think about this product?

“), while closed-ended questions are narrow in focus and usually answered with a single word or a pick from limited multiple-choice options (e.g. “Are you satisfied with this product?” → Yes/No/Mostly/Not quite).

What are the 4 types of questions?

In English, there are four types of questions:

general or yes/no questions, special questions using wh-words, choice questions, and disjunctive or tag/tail questions

. Each of these different types of questions is used commonly in English, and to give the correct answer to each you’ll need to be able to be prepared.

What should a doctor ask a patient?

  • What’s been going on recently in your life? …
  • What brought you here today and why does it concern you? …
  • Do I have the story and details right? …
  • Does what I said make sense? …
  • Do you understand your prescription(s), their purpose, and the doses?

How do you ask a patient about pain?

  1. What caused my pain in the first place?
  2. Did my pain start suddenly or gradually?
  3. How long have I been in pain?
  4. What am I currently doing to manage my pain?
  5. Is there anything I’m doing that’s reducing my pain?
  6. What pain medications have I taken in the past, and how did they work for me?

What should you not tell your doctor?

  1. Anything that is not 100 percent truthful. …
  2. Anything condescending, loud, hostile, or sarcastic. …
  3. Anything related to your health care when we are off the clock. …
  4. Complaining about other doctors. …
  5. Anything that is a huge overreaction.

What words do open-ended questions begin with?

Open-ended questions begin with the following words:

why, how, what, describe, tell me about…, or what do you think about

… 3. Use open-ended questions as follow ups for other questions. These follow ups can be asked after open or closed-ended questions.

What are some examples of probing questions?

  • Why do you think that is?
  • What sort of impact do you think this will have?
  • What would need to change in order for you to accomplish this?
  • Do you feel that that is right?
  • When have you done something like this before?
  • What does this remind you of?

What are need based questions?

Needs-Oriented Questions

focus on the customer

. By asking these types of questions you are telling your customer that his or her needs are your primary concern. It also ensures you don’t give the impression of ‘hard selling’. In contrast, Product-Oriented Questions deal directly with products or services.

What is a leading question in healthcare?

Leading questions are

those that suggest a particular answer

. These questions lead a patient to provide a response that he or she perceives to be the answer that the inter- viewer wants to hear.

What is a leading question give an example?

A leading question is a question

which subtly prompts the respondent to answer in a particular way

. Leading questions are generally undesirable as they result in false or slanted information. For example: Do you have any problems with your boss?

What are the types of questioning?

  • Closed questions (aka the ‘Polar’ question) …
  • Open questions. …
  • Probing questions. …
  • Leading questions. …
  • Loaded questions. …
  • Funnel questions. …
  • Recall and process questions. …
  • Rhetorical questions.
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Dr. James Park is a medical doctor and health expert with a focus on disease prevention and wellness. He has written several publications on nutrition and fitness, and has been featured in various health magazines. Dr. Park's evidence-based approach to health will help you make informed decisions about your well-being.