3,336 verbal behaviors between 3 AIDS patients and a nursing team were analized. The pattern and priority areas of verbal behaviors which occur, according to the SAVI system, as well as the amount of information transmitted were determined.
The results showed that the verbal behaviors ranged from relative ambiguity in terms of message clarity to clean and non-contradictory messages. The interaction tended to move away from stereotypy.
AIDS; Nurse-patient relations