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Quantitative Analysis of Facial Expression for Medical Doctors

Authors:
Akemi Oe
Yoshitoshi Murata

Keywords: doctor-patient interaction; facial expression; nonverbal communication

Abstract:
Establishing trust between a patient and a doctor depends as much on their relationship as on the doctor’s medical abilities. An important factor in building and maintaining a relationship is whether the doctor produces facial expressions appropriate to the patient’s condition. The purpose of this study is to identify facial expressions appropriate to various patient conditions. We focused on the greetings given by young doctors at the beginning of medical interviews of adult patients in the general ward of a hospital. Images of a role-playing patient portraying one of three physical conditions were shown to seven student doctors, who were then videotaped as they greeted the “patient”. We identified appropriate facial expressions for each condition by comparison between human evaluation and analysis of the computer emotion analysis system.

Pages: 8 to 13

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: November 18, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4553

ISBN: 978-1-61208-682-8

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from November 18, 2018 to November 22, 2018