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Linguistic measures: The number of words is smaller (p = .048), the mean length of utterance (MLU) is shorter (p = .003), the

debit is slower (p = .027) and there is more repetitions (p = .003) when participants talk to older patients in comparison to younger ones. By contrast, the number of utterances is the same (p = .23), there is no difference concerning grammatical complexity (p = .44), lexical diversity (p =.57) and the highest, lowest and mean pitch (all p > .06).

Content analyses: When they talk to an older patient, in comparison to a younger patient, participants evoked less side effects (p

<.001) and more accurately they avoid more frequently or minimize consequences of sexuality issues (p <.001) and skin dryness (p =.047).

Link with aging view: The reduction of length of utterances and of debit was observed for older patients when participants have a

positive aging view (respectively, p <.001 and p <.01) but are the same for both patients (40 and 70-years old) when they have a negative aging view (p >.21). Moreover, the MLU and the debit are the same for older patients, whatever participants' aging view (p >.28) but MLU is shorter and debit is slower for younger patients when participants have a negative aging view (p <.01)

Ageism and communication in oncology

S. SCHROYEN1 , S. ADAM1, M.MARQUET1, G. JERUSALEM2, S. THIEL1, A-L. GIRAUDET1, & P. MISSOTTEN1

1. Psychology of Aging Unit, University of Liège, Belgium 2. Departement of Medical Oncology, CHU of Liège and Professor of Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium

INTRODUCTION

“Elderspeak” (or “baby talk”) is a kind of speech characterized by speaking slower and/or louder, using simplified sentences, a patronizing tone etc., when talking to an elderly individual. It is not without consequences for older people: they can feel powerless and experience lower self-esteem1.

Mains: (1) to analyze if more characteristic of

elderspeak is observed when participants have to explain a treatment to older patients in comparison to younger ones; (2) to observe if elderspeak is linked to aging view: our hypothesis is that participants with a negative aging view will speak with more characteristics of elderspeak.

METHODOLOGY

Participants: 20 physicians and 20 students in

medicine.

Methodology: They have to record a podcast where

they explain hormonotherapy to a fictional patient, (40 vs 70 years old) suffering from a breast cancer. Their aging view is measured by two scales (the FSA-R and the Aging Semantic Differential). We analyzed several measures of speech, as verbal fluency, grammatical complexity, semantic content and vocal analysis.

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

Participants with a negative aging view seem to consider a 40 year-old patient already “old” and so already adapt their speech. This adaptation is still presents when they have a positive aging view but only for a 70-year-old patient, which can lead us to talk about “benevolent ageism”: participants speak slower and reduced their sentences in expecting to enhance speech comprehension. However, previous studies has shown that such adjustments have negative consequences for elderly: it brings negative self-assessments of communicative competence2.

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