BACKGROUND: Communication of lung cancer risk information between providers and African-American patients occurs in a context marked by race-based health disparities. PURPOSE: A controlled experiment assessed whether perceived physician race influenced African-American patients' (n = 127) risk perception accuracy following the provision of objective lung cancer risk information. METHODS: Participants interacted with a virtual reality-based, simulated physician who provided personalized cancer risk information. RESULTS: Participants who interacted with a racially discordant virtual doctor were less accurate in their risk perceptions at post-test than those who interacted with a concordant virtual doctor, F(1,94) = 4.02, p = .048. This effect was amplified among current smokers. Effects were not mediated by trust in the provider, engagement with the health care system, or attention during the encounter. CONCLUSIONS: The current study demonstrates that African-American patients' perceptions of a doctor's race are sufficient to independently impact their processing of lung cancer risk information.
BACKGROUND:Communication of lung cancer risk information between providers and African-American patients occurs in a context marked by race-based health disparities. PURPOSE: A controlled experiment assessed whether perceived physician race influenced African-American patients' (n = 127) risk perception accuracy following the provision of objective lung cancer risk information. METHODS:Participants interacted with a virtual reality-based, simulated physician who provided personalized cancer risk information. RESULTS:Participants who interacted with a racially discordant virtual doctor were less accurate in their risk perceptions at post-test than those who interacted with a concordant virtual doctor, F(1,94) = 4.02, p = .048. This effect was amplified among current smokers. Effects were not mediated by trust in the provider, engagement with the health care system, or attention during the encounter. CONCLUSIONS: The current study demonstrates that African-American patients' perceptions of a doctor's race are sufficient to independently impact their processing of lung cancer risk information.
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