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A Semi-structured Interview PACIENTE Improves Communication With Family Members at the Intensive Care Unit

NCT02336893 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 245

Last updated 2015-01-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether a formal training strategy using an interview PACIENTE may improve physician's skills and quality of communication with family members at the ICU.

Conditions

  • Communication
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Training

The final training was provided to a group of 34 residents --from internal medicine, anesthesiology, gynecology, and intensive care-- in charge of giving information to the patient's family members in the ICU. They were trained in the semi-structured interview PACIENTE (Present oneself and greet, Attend and listen, Call diagnosis, Inform treatment, Expose prognosis, Name introductory phrases to bad news, Take time to provide empathetic comfort, Explain an action plan involving the family) conjointly while participating in simulated difficult clinical cases with family members-actors. Four training programs were performed from February to September 2014.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Miguel H Coral, MD · Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-08-31

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