Effect of Physician Attire on Patients' Preference of Physician
Advanced Cancer Patients' Perception of Physician Compassion and Professionalism - A Randomized, Double Blind, Cross Over Trial
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
If participant agrees to take part in this study, participant will be asked to complete 7 questionnaires. These questionnaires ask about participant's gender, date of birth, ethnicity, marital status, level of education, religion, and information about the disease and treatments participant received. Participant will also be asked about any symptoms participant may be having, how much trust participant has in the medical profession in general, how participant feels about the disease, any depression or anxiety participant may have, and participant's level of hopefulness. These questionnaires should take about 6 minutes to complete.
Participant will be shown 2 videos (each 3 minutes long) and then participant will complete questions about each video. Participant will be asked to rate the doctors participant saw on their professionalism and their compassion.
Caregivers will be required to leave the room or stay silent while the participant is watching the videos.
The total time to watch the videos and complete the second set of questionnaires should be about 7 minutes.
Finally, participant will be asked to complete 3 questionnaires about participant's overall preference for a doctor. These questionnaires will take about 5 minutes to complete.
Length of Study Participation:
Participation in this study is complete after participant answers the final questionnaires.
Overall, this study should take about 30 minutes to complete.
This is an investigational study.
Up to 108 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.
Tipo de estudio
Inscripción (Actual)
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Texas
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Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos, 77030
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Criterios de participación
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Advanced cancer diagnosis (locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic disease).
- Patients presenting as follow-ups only at the outpatient Supportive Care Center.
- Age >/= 18 years-old
- English speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
- Altered cognition (as assessed routinely in the Supportive Care Clinic using the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS), with a score of >/= 7/30).
- Patients suffering from a severe psychiatric disorder or condition that would significantly interfere with study participation.
- Patients with hearing and/or visual impairments.
Plan de estudios
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Cuidados de apoyo
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación cruzada
- Enmascaramiento: Doble
Armas e Intervenciones
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Experimental: Video 1A
Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion. Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B. |
Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B.
Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion.
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Experimental: Video 1B
Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion. Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B. |
Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B.
Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion.
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Experimental: Video 2A
Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion. Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B. |
Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B.
Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion.
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Experimental: Video 2B
Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion. Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B. |
Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B.
Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion.
Otros nombres:
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Participant's Perception of Physician's Compassion
Periodo de tiempo: 1 day
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Participant's rating of physician's compassion assessed by using a validated 5-item tool consisting of five 0-10 numerical rating scales assessing five dimensions: warm-cold, pleasant-unpleasant, compassionate- distant, sensitive- insensitive, and caring-uncaring. The sum of the five scales gives a final score representing physician's compassion on a scale of 0 to 50. |
1 day
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Participant's Perception of Physician's Professionalism
Periodo de tiempo: 1 day
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Participant's rating of physician's professionalism assessed by using a validated 4-item tool assessing politeness, listening, explaining the condition and treatment to the patient and patient's involvement in treatment decisions. Participant rates from poor-1 to very good-5. The sum of these 4 items gives a final score representing physician's level of professionalism on a scale of 4 to 20. |
1 day
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Ahsan Azhar, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Publicaciones y enlaces útiles
Enlaces Útiles
Fechas de registro del estudio
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
Finalización primaria (Actual)
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Última verificación
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Palabras clave
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- 2016-0970
- NCI-2018-01195 (Identificador de registro: NCI CTRP)
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
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