Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT03909932 |
| Other study ID # |
GRC 001 GREEN |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
April 10, 2019 |
| Est. completion date |
April 22, 2019 |
Study information
| Verified date |
July 2019 |
| Source |
Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Observational
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Clinical Trial Summary
This study assess patient preferences and perceptions regarding physician dress code in a
neuro-urology department.
Description:
Patient satisfaction with care contribute to therapeutic compliance and adherence leading to
better outcomes.Various factors impact on patient satisfaction as communication with nurses
and doctors, pain management, timeless of assistance, explanation of medications
administered, cleanliness of room and bathroom, discharge planning, noise level at night…ith
increasingly consultation requests and delays and rushed patient-physician encounter, the
ability to gain a patient's confidence to optimize health outcomes has become a real
challenge. Petrilli and al. described the role of physician attire on patients perceptions
and highlight its importance in patient confidence, trust and satisfaction.Therefore,
targeting physician attire to improve the patient experience has become a topic of interest.
In a neuro-urology department with outpatients services and additional explorations
(urodynamic, anorectal manometry, electromyographic testing), the physician attire is an
outstanding issue because of this non-surgical activity but its procedural therapies.
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine patient perceptions and preferences
regarding physician dress code in a neuro-urology department.
In this study, the investigators develop a questionnaire based on expert meetings and
literature review of the role of physician attire on patient preference and satisfaction.
This lead to a short questionnaire with 2 sections and 4 questions. In the first section, 3
photographs of different physician attires will be presented: casual attire with white coat,
scrubs and scrubs with white coat. The face of the physician will be hidden, pose lighting
and environment will be similar. Respondents will be asked to select their ideal attire and
to mention if any attire shock them. The second section sought respondents' general opinions
regarding physician attire, its importance and relation with patient satisfaction.
Surveys will be filled in a neuro-urology department of a university hospital in France. The
questionnaire will be administered to adult patients who will be consulting or adminting for
a one-day- hospitalization. The patient will fill the survey alone or with help from any
relative accompanying him. The research staff will deliver and collect the completed form.
Demographic data (age, sex, occupational category, education level), presence of neurological
disease, patient already know of the department or first visit, reason of the external
consultation or of the one-day-hospitalization will be collected.
Statistical analysis will be carried out using R 3.2.3 software (R Development Core Team,
http://www.R-project.org) and R studio version 1.0.136.
Descriptive statistics (means, percentage) and SD will be used to describe the population and
the responses to the questionnaire. Differences between the rating and the patients'
characteristics will be assessed using analysis of variance or Chi2 tests. A p value of less
than 0.05 will be considered statistically significant.
This study was approved by a local ethics committee. No identifying information was collected
from those that completed the study.
