Message: Study of Patients' Perception of Physician's Compassion
A Trial on Patient's Evaluation of a Physician Conveying Two Different Messages
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
If participant agree to take part in the study, basic information will be collected (such as date of birth, date of diagnosis, sex, and religion). Participant will also complete questionnaires about any symptoms they may be having, how hopeful they are, how they are accepting the disease, their trust in the medical profession, and how they like information to be delivered to them.
After completing the questionnaires, they will be randomly assigned (as the roll of dice) to one of 4 groups.
Regardless of which group they are in, they will watch 2 short videos that show actors portraying a doctor and patient having a conversation about treatment options in a clinical setting. Both videos will discuss the same material, but the order of the videos and the actors in the videos will be different for each group. Both videos are about 4 minutes long.
After watching each video, the participant will complete 3 questionnaires about the doctor in the video. It should take about 38 minutes to watch both videos and to complete all of the questionnaires.
After they have watched both videos, they will be asked to choose which doctor they preferred and to briefly explain the reasons why they chose that doctor.
Length of Study:
Participant will be off study after they have completed the last questionnaire.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Texas
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Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of advanced cancer, defined as locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic disease
- Patients treated as outpatients by the Supportive and Palliative Care team.
- Age >/= 18 years-old
- English speaking
- Normal cognitive status as determined by the interviewer based on the ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process.
Exclusion Criteria:
1) Patients suffering from a severe psychiatric disorder or condition that would significantly interfere with study participation, as determined by the Principal Investigator or by the attending palliative care physician.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Group 1: Video/Doctor Sequence 1
Participants watch two videos with varying video/doctor sequence and complete 3 surveys (one before the first video and one survey after each video)
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Watch two short videos with a 4-minute interval between the two of them, estimate 8 minutes to watch both the videos.
One set of surveys before first video and one set after each video played, estimate total of 30 minutes for all surveys.
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: Group 2: Video/Doctor Sequence 2
Participants watch two videos with varying video/doctor sequence and complete 3 surveys (one before the first video and one survey after each video)
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Watch two short videos with a 4-minute interval between the two of them, estimate 8 minutes to watch both the videos.
One set of surveys before first video and one set after each video played, estimate total of 30 minutes for all surveys.
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: Group 3: Video/Doctor Sequence 3
Participants watch two videos with varying video/doctor sequence and complete 3 surveys (one before the first video and one survey after each video)
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Watch two short videos with a 4-minute interval between the two of them, estimate 8 minutes to watch both the videos.
One set of surveys before first video and one set after each video played, estimate total of 30 minutes for all surveys.
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: Group 4: Video/Doctor Sequence 4
Participants watch two videos with varying video/doctor sequence and complete 3 surveys (one before the first video and one survey after each video)
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Watch two short videos with a 4-minute interval between the two of them, estimate 8 minutes to watch both the videos.
One set of surveys before first video and one set after each video played, estimate total of 30 minutes for all surveys.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Participant's Rating of Physician's Compassion
Time Frame: Approximately 38 minutes for video viewing and surveys.
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Physician compassion tested using compassion data from the first video viewed by each patient as assessed by a Physician Compassion Assessment survey.
Patient's rating of physician's compassion by using a 5-item tool consisting of five 0-10 numerical rating scales assessing five dimensions: warm-cold, pleasant-unpleasant, compassionate-distant, sensitive insensitive, caring-uncaring.
The sum of the five scales will give a final score representing physician's compassion with a 0 to 50 scale.
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Approximately 38 minutes for video viewing and surveys.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Chair: Kimberson C. Tanco, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2012-0113
- NCI-2015-01419 (Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP)
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