Oncology Clinical Trial
Official title:
On-site Supportive Communication Training in Doctor-patient Communication: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Verified date | May 2024 |
Source | Vejle Hospital |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The goal of this randomized, controlled clinical trial is to test a new concept for communication skills training (on-site supportive communication training (on-site SCT) in cancer care. The study aims to determine the impact of on-site SCT on patients' rating of oncologists' communication abilities. Oncologists participating in the study will be randomly allocated to the intervention or control group. In the intervention group each doctor will have a total of three intervention days at intervals of 3-4 weeks. On an intervention day, a psychologist will sit in and observe doctor-patient consultations. After the first consultations, 30 minutes are allocated for feedback to the doctor by the psychologist. After the last consultation of the day, 60 minutes are allocated for thorough feedback and establishment of learning goals to focus on until the next intervention day. Doctor's in the control group will conduct communication as usual. Researchers will compare the control and intervention groups to see if patients' rating of doctors' interpersonal and communication skills increase when the doctors have participated in on-site SCT. The 15-item Communication Assessment Tool (CAT) will be used. It will also be investigated whether on-site SCT increases the doctors' rating of themselves in relation to communication efficacy and job satisfaction and decrease their experience of burnout.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 80 |
Est. completion date | June 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | June 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 100 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Medical doctors - Employed at the Department of Oncology, Vejle Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark or Aalborg University Hospital, or Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde/Naestved. - Work in the outpatient clinics at the participating departments Exclusion Criteria: - Doctors whose employment contracts will expire during the study and who do not plan to continue working at the department. - Doctors who are not willing to sign the informed consent form. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Denmark | Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark - Vejle Hospital | Vejle |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Vejle Hospital | Aalborg University Hospital, Zealand University Hospital |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Difference in rate of "Excellent" scores on the Communication Assessment Tool between the intervention and the control group. | Patients rate the doctor's communication skills right after the consultation. | 6 months | |
Secondary | Change in oncologists' rating of own communication efficacy according to the "Self-efficacy in Health Communication" tool from before to after on-site communication training. | The Self-efficacy in Health Communication tool consists of 12 questions eliciting the healthcare professionals' perceived self-efficacy in communication with patients using a 10-point scale from "very uncertain" (1) to "very certain" (10). | 6 months | |
Secondary | Change in oncologists' rating of burnout according to part 2 and 3 of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory tool from before to after on-site communication training. | The reply options in relation to burnout range from 1 (To a very high degree/always), to 5 (To a very low degree/never-almost never) | 6 months | |
Secondary | Change in oncologists' rating of job satisfaction from before to after on-site communication training. | Job satisfaction is measured in Denmark every other year at the nation-wide employee satisfaction survey, which survey offers a large amount of comparable data. Five items directly concerning job satisfaction will be extracted from the survey. | 6 months |
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