Attitudes and Feelings of Doctors Caring for Their Colleagues: a Qualitative Study in Picardy

Attitude Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Attitudes and Feelings of Doctors Caring for Their Colleagues: a Qualitative Study in Picardy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03132909
• Other study ID #: RNI2016-43 Dr Deschasse
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 22, 2017
• Est. completion date: November 14, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The sick doctor is a patient apart. His right of prescription and his knowledge of semiology easily lead him to self-medication.

Description:

The sick doctor is a patient apart. His right of prescription and his knowledge of semiology easily lead him to self-medication. Several factors linked to his profession may also lead to a delay in care: overworking with schedules that are not compatible to organize follow-up, poor access to prevention or occupational medicine for liberal doctors but also modesty And ashamed of being sick (and especially unfit to heal). Specialized centers and specific training courses concerning burnout, addictions and psychiatric pathologies of doctors are currently emerging.

To look after a colleague also seems to imply certain specificities like the sharing of knowledge or the medical vocabulary. The physician-patient relationship may seem easier, but it can also lead to confusion of roles and create ambiguity. In this case, the doctor may feel too close to the doctor-patient to maintain his objectivity and to treat him properly. In the same way, the relationship of trust can be altered by sharing medical knowledge, communication techniques or confidence building which can thus lose their effectiveness.

This physician-caregiver relationship has already been the subject of some qualitative research demonstrating the difficulty from the point of view of the treated. The feelings and attitudes of the doctor caring for his colleague remains a field very little studied. The research hypothesis is that there are specificities to this relationship.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: November 14, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 14, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Practicing general practitioners, registered with the Order, caring for or having treated other doctors whatever their specialties

Exclusion Criteria:

• No

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Attitude
• Feelings

Intervention

Other:
• Feelings Determination
Determine the feelings of doctors caring for their colleagues

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CHU Amiens Picardie	Amiens	Picardie

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Analyze the feelings of doctors who care for their colleagues through a questionnaire	Analyze the feelings of doctors who care for their colleagues through a questionnaire	10 months