Social and Behavioral Influence (SBI)

Communication Clinical Trial

— SBI  

Official title:

Social and Behavioral Influences on Clinical Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01501006
• Other study ID #: 33086
• Secondary ID: R01CA155376-01
• Status: Completed
• First received: November 30, 2011
• Last updated: March 16, 2018
• Start date: October 2010
• Est. completion date: March 2017

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: University of Rochester
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to improve patient-physician communication and clinical decisions in the context of serious illness that may affect important clinical outcomes. The investigators will examine how variations in communication patterns and clinical decisions are affected by patient demographics (e.g age, sex), patient interactional style (e.g. communication behaviors) and physician characteristics (e.g. attitudes, background, training).

Description:

This will be a randomized field experiment. Physicians will receive two unannounced covert standardized patient (SP) visits during the 12-24 months after enrollment. SPs are trained actors who will pose as patients to assess physician behavior and communication. Each SP will present just like a real patient, and will have a standardized fabricated scenario and identity. The SP visit will be unannounced; the physician will not be informed at the time of the visit that they are seeing an SP. The visits will be covertly audio-recorded. This is being conducted at 3 sites: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Purdue, IN; and University of Michigan.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 96
• Est. completion date: March 2017
• Est. primary completion date: March 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Currently in clinical practice

• Do not plan on moving during the next year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-physicians

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communication

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University Of Rochester	Rochester	New York

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Rochester	National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physicians Communication Style	To examine the degree to which physicians communication style (ex inclusive, authoritative) and clinical decisions (ex. aggressive,passive) differ according to patient characteristics. Unit of Measure: Audio recordings of office visits, will be transcribed, deidentified, and coded.	2 years
Secondary	Physician Communication Moderators (Sex,Class)	To examine how patients participating in their care reduces these patient-specific differences in physician communication behaviors and decisions. Unit of Measure: Audio recordings of office visits, will be transcribed, deidentified, and coded.	2 years