Do Patients Perceive Surgeons Who Provide Personal Information as More Trustworthy and Empathetic?

Trust Clinical Trial

Official title:

Do Patients Perceive Surgeons Who Provide Personal Information ("Self-disclosure") as More Trustworthy and Empathetic?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04213625
• Other study ID #: 2019-06-0047
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: July 2020

Study information

• Verified date: December 2019
• Source: University of Texas at Austin
• Contact: Amirreza Fatehi, MD
• Phone: 512-657-7939
• Email: amirreza.fatehi[@]austin.utexas.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Prior studies have shown that patient trust in their physician is associated with better health outcomes and lower levels of emotional distress. Patients who have low levels of trust in their physician are less satisfied and less likely to adhere to their physician recommendations. As such, there is a need to better understand factors related to patient trust in their physician.

Purpose: To understand whether patient awareness of a surgeon's personal background improves patient trust in their surgeon.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 98
• Est. completion date: July 2020
• Est. primary completion date: April 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 89 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients (age 18 years or greater) visiting a single orthopaedic hand surgeon

• English fluency and literacy

• Ability to take informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Trust

Intervention

Other:
• Surgeon Personal Background
Experimental group will receive an information sheet with their surgeon's educational and personal background. Personal Background Favorite outdoor activity/form of exercise Favorite hobby Family information (children, pets) Single sentence about how the clinician conceptualizes excellent patient care

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Texas at Austin

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Wake Forest -Trust in Physician score	Before the clinic visit, the research assistant will give patients a sheet that gives them info on their surgeon. Control group will receive an information sheet with only their surgeon's educational background. Experimental group will receive an information sheet with their surgeon's educational and personal background. Immediately after the clinic visit, the research assistant will ask patients to complete Wake Forest Trust in physician survey. Response choices (coding) are: Strongly Agree (5), Agree (4), Neutral (3), Disagree (2), Strongly Disagree (1). Responses are summed (range 5-25) with higher scores indicating more trust.	Immediately after the clinic visit, patients are given the survey to complete.
Primary	Jefferson Scale of Perceived Physician Empathy	Before the clinic visit, the research assistant will give patients a sheet that gives them info on their surgeon. Control group will receive an information sheet with only their surgeon's educational background. Experimental group will receive an information sheet with their surgeon's educational and personal background. Immediately after the clinic visit, the research assistant will ask patients to complete the Jefferson Scale of Patient Perceptions of Physician Empathy. Each item is answered on a 7-point Likert-type scale (from Strongly Disagree = 1 to Strongly Agree = 7), with higher score indicating more empathy.	Immediately after the clinic visit, patients are given the survey to complete.