Clinician-Patient Communication in Lung Cancer Care

Summary

The purpose of this study is to better understand communication between patients with lung cancer and their clinicians. The investigators are also interested in patient's perceptions of the quality of communication with his/her clinician and how these perceptions may impact patient outcomes. The clinician participating in this study and has given us permission to approach his/her eligible patients for study participation.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer

Interventions

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Questionnaire

patients will fill out a questionnaire about their perceived stigma, satisfaction with communication, and psychological distress.

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Patient Interview

Then they will participate in a brief in-person interview about their perceived stigma during the clinical consultation

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Audio recordings of clinical consultations

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Questionnaire

Patients will fill out a questionnaire about their perceived stigma and satisfaction with their clinician's communication.

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2-hour empathic communication skills training

2-hour empathic communication skills training

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Standardized Patient Assessments

pre-training SPA, post-training SPA

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Training evaluation

Clinicians will complete an evaluation assessing the empathic communication training module.

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Patient recruitment

6 of the clinician's patients (3 pre-training, 3 post-training) will be recruited to complete brief surveys assessing clinician communication

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hamad Medical Corporation

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• University of Arizona

  collaborator OTHER

• Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Florida

  collaborator OTHER

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jamie Ostroff, PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-01-31

Primary Completion

2027-01-31

Completion

2027-01-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations