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A Pilot Study to Improve Patient-Doctor Communication

NCT01606930 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 106

Last updated 2012-05-28

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Summary

The purpose of this controlled pilot study is to determine whether an intervention aimed at patients will improve partnering, shared decision-making and open communication. Results from this pilot study will inform how to best proceed with a larger multi-centered randomized controlled trial.

The specific hypothesis for this pilot study is to:

1. Test the feasibility of a simple patient-centered intervention.
2. Test the correlation between patient readiness to actively engage in conversation (assessed using a pre-visit patient survey) and actual patient behaviors in the encounter.
3. Develop a coding tool that will quantify patient activation in clinical encounters.
4. Test whether activating patients who are more involved and revealing in the patient-clinician dyad will improve patient and clinician outcomes.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Patient Primer Tool

The instrument is completed before the scheduled appointment and is designed to prompt patients to reflect on their specific goals for the medical encounter, prioritize those goals, and to "Prime" them to engage in a discussion centered on their concerns and expectations. In addition, participants will be encouraged to bring this form into their physician visit and use it to engage their clinician in a discussion about their health needs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

    collaborator OTHER

  • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Patrick O'Malley, MD, MPH · Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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