To ask if you would be annoyed if a health care professional wrote that

[User1626266]

You answered a question in sarcastic way.

A lot of goal setting is based on a patient’s own evaluation. If one notes entry said you were ‘great’ and the next ‘not too bad’ it would be seen as a worsening of condition. If you indicate it was sarcastic it represents an honest indication of your state at the time and your attitude towards it. If you don’t want sarcasm recorded, don’t be sarcastic

Depends on the context. Some like to joke a bit with their patients including sarcasm (which is fine by me) but it would be different for me if I felt they were making a sarcastic remark because they wanted to make fun of me. Is that the issue here, OP?

As others have said it can be a useful (or crucial) observation if you were being sarcastic - it changes the meaning dramatically which could be useful to know for e.g. mental health team etc.

If you said great sarcastically, and they wrote great, it wouldnt be the true answer. In future be more mature.

I write my observations in my casenotes. Its fairly normal.

Sarcasm requires a certain style of thinking not present in certain mh and neurological conditions given that you are saying one thing and meaning another. Depending on what you are being treated for it might be relavent.

Do you think they were right @User1626266?

Yes.

It has zero to do with anything to do with your health.

It has zero to do with anything to do with your health.

"The patient said she felt great, so I finished for the day and went home. It's not my fault she later died in agony."

Of course it can relate to her health. If she said she felt great, but said it sarcastically, then that has to be noted, otherwise the records would be misleading.

Well it depends a little on the background. If it was a psychiatric assessment then its fairly relevant. If it is to indicate a lack of rapport then yes its important. People won't usually write completely irrelevant things.

Drip.... drip...

I'm guessing some sort of psychiatric professional? It's important to distinguish between a chirpy 'Great!' and a sarcastic 'great........'.

The writer would need to be clear that what they are writing is opinion and not fact.
It is highly unprofessional to write the observation that way.
the sarcasm was interpreted by the health care person because of the tone the 'great' (and possibly the body language if it was a face to face interaction) .
Any sarcasm was implied unless the op added that they were being sarcastic. If the op added this it would need to be in the notes as well.

The writer would need to be clear that what they are writing is opinion and not fact.

I think that's implied in this case.

If it's something like a patient smelling of alcohol for example and slurring, then you might write that the patient may have been under the influence because of the above.

But of course sarcasm is interpreted.

If you said it I don't see why you'd be annoyed that they recorded it unless they had misinterpreted and you actually did mean that you felt great.

It is absolutely relevant.
How you feel is relevant
If you just straight up answered the question then it would be recorded as such
If you give a sarcastic answer then they have no real option but to record that. They can't write that you said you felt great without recording the sarcastic tone as that would suggest you really did feel great
They can't write that you felt crap because that's not what you said and they can't make up answers.

Use of sarcasm is very relevant to your mental state and to your feelings about your treatment/ health in any context. It doesn't imply a huge level of satisfaction and if you were unhappy that is relevant to record.

Need more context- a health visitor or MH HCP- no I wouldn't have an issue- if you're not engaging, they are letting others know in what way- are you being closed, abrupt, hostile, etc- I see sarcastic in the same way. You're at the GP for a sore toe- unnecessary. Also how are you aware that was written, as if it's been done so transparently, they obviously stand by the comment. Also waiting for the drip.......

The moral of the story is....if you're talking to a health professional, speak clearly and don't use things like sarcasm

Bizarre thread.

If you were sarcastic, then no.

Not if I was being sarcastic.

Not sure why so many answers when you have given hardly any details or context. Some good answers as I presume you DID answer sarcastically and the HCP recorded accurately. Your lack of details makes me think you know that.

Only if they made a assumption about me. How do they know I was being sarcastic?

This sounds like a MH assessment. Your frame of mind is relevant.

Thinly veiled bash HCP thread- wait for it