Exploring Medical Decisions Using Functional MRI

December 13, 2016 updated by: University Hospital, Montpellier

Medical Decision-making Under Budgetary Constraint: an fMRI Study

Hospital physicians are increasingly facing budgetary constraints that might have an impact on individual medical decisions (i.e. diagnostic or therapeutic decisions). This might translate into role conflict and ambiguity. We explore the medical decision-makingprocess of physicians usingfunctional MRI. Twenty hospital physicians will be asked to make simulated medical decisions during fMRI acquisitions, with and without explicit budgetary constraints. We will compare the fMRI data between the 2 modalities.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

34

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

25 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Hospital physicians

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Hospital physicians
  • working in the CHU of Montpellier

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contra indication to f-MRI

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Brain activation patterns measured by Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Time Frame: up to study completion, usually 2 weeks
up to study completion, usually 2 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Level of role conflict, measured by the Kahn questionnaire (Kahn et al., 1964)
Time Frame: up tu study completion, usually 2 weeks
up tu study completion, usually 2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Hospital, Montpellier

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Gregoire MERCIER, MD, PhD, University Montpellier Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 5, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 13, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

December 15, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 15, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 13, 2016

Last Verified

July 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 8989

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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