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M-Well Bonding Bundle to Improve Patient-Physician Relationships

NCT06354920 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 967

Last updated 2026-04-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn more about the interaction between a patient in the hospital and their treating doctor. A good relationship between patients and their doctors can help improve patient care. Doctors will be asked to use strategies to improve their interactions with patients in the hospital. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Will using the intervention strategies improve doctors' empathy towards their patients?
* Will using the intervention strategies lead to improved scores in patient views of doctors' empathy?

There will be 2 study arms. One group of doctors will be asked to use the intervention strategies. The other group of doctors will provide care as they would normally.

Researchers will compare the doctors in the intervention arm to those in the control arm.

Doctors are the primary subjects for this study. The doctors in both study arms will be asked to do the following:

1. Allow study staff to observe the interaction between them and their patients.
2. Complete a brief survey at the end of their 2-week work rotation.

Doctors who are in the intervention arm will be asked to use suggested strategies when visiting with patients in the hospital.

Patients are secondary subjects for this study. Patients of participating doctors may be asked to do the following:

1. Allow study staff to observe the interaction between them and their doctors.
2. Complete a brief survey after meeting with their doctor.

Conditions

  • Physician-Patient Relations

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Bonding Bundle

Doctors in the intervention arm will be asked to use suggested approaches while meeting with their hospitalized patients. The goal of these strategies is to improve the relationship and interactions between patients and physicians.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Sanjay Saint, MD · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-08
Primary Completion
2026-02-28
Completion
2026-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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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.

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