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Space and Interaction Trial: Room Design and Patient-physician Interaction

NCT00806559 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2011-12-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to improve the clinical encounter through the design of the clinical environment. We will conduct a randomized controlled trial to measure the extent to which a newly designed clinical room, compared to a traditional room, affects the patient-physician interaction. We will judge this outcome by (a) videotaping encounters; and (b) conducting post-visit surveys with patients and an interview with physicians. We will use both qualitative and quantitative tools, including a validated and widely used interaction coding system on the videotapes, to draw inferences from these data.

Conditions

  • Internal Medicine Patients
  • Participating Staff

Interventions

OTHER

Re-designed room

In the redesigned room patients and clinicians are sitting at a single table in a different configuration compared to the usual clinical exam room, with the doctor at the computer and two chairs for the patient and family/friends.

OTHER

Control room

This is the usual clinical room for a clinical visit, with physician at desk and chairs along the wall for patient/family.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Steelcase

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Mayo Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Victor M. Montori, M.D., MSc · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-07-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-30
Completion
2008-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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