MedTrace Logo

Patient Perceptions of the Relational Empathy of Healthcare Practitioners From the Department of Emergency Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT05102656 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 107

Last updated 2026-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study investigates patients' perceptions of their doctor's or nurse's empathy during an in-person interaction with the doctor or nurse wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) compared to during a video interaction with the doctor or nurse without PPE. The goal of this research study is to learn whether patients who visit the Acute Cancer Care Center at MD Anderson believe they get better (more empathetic) care from doctors who visit them in person wearing PPE or from doctors who visit them by video call and do not wear PPE.

Conditions

  • COVID-19 Infection
  • Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
  • Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Interventions

OTHER

Best Practice

Physician conversations occur in-person

PROCEDURE

Discussion

Physician conversations occur via video call

OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kumar Alagappan · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-02
Primary Completion
2027-02-02
Completion
2027-02-02

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT05102656 on ClinicalTrials.gov