Self-Efficacy Enhancing Interviewing Techniques Study

NCT00643435 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 200715598-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 64
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Patient self-efficacy, or confidence in one's ability to take the necessary steps to achieve a goal, has been shown to influence a number of important health behaviors and outcomes. However, current ways of increasing patient self-efficacy are time and labor intensive and occur away from doctor visits, where most health care is delivered. We developed, and are testing in a study the effectiveness of a new way of teaching doctors how to talk to patients during office visits in a way that will boost their patients' self-efficacy for changing important health behaviors.

Conditions

Diabetes; Depression; Anxiety; Asthma; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Keywords

self-efficacy; chronic illness; health behavior; education, medical, residency

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Resident physician use of self-efficacy enhancing patient interviewing techniques, assessment via coding of audio recordings from standardized patient encounters

  Within 6 months of completion of intervention

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

These residents receive training provided by standardized patient instructors, in use of self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques to support patient health behavior change,

Behavioral: Self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques training

2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

These residents receive training provided by a standardized patient instructor, regarding the common co-occurrence of chronic medical and mental health problems, without any interviewing technique discussion or training.

Behavioral: Control intervention

Interventions

Self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques training BEHAVIORAL

Teaching by standardized patient instructors regarding use of self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques to be applied in patient encounters

1

Control intervention BEHAVIORAL

These residents receive training provided by a standardized patient instructor, regarding the common co-occurrence of chronic medical and mental health problems, without any interviewing technique discussion or training.

2

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Family medicine or internal medicine residents in training at the University of California Davis Medical Center

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Davis: lead
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus; Depression; Anxiety Disorders; Asthma; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Chronic Disease; Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Mental Disorders; Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Anthony F Jerant, MD

  Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 24, 2008
• First Posted: March 26, 2008
• Study Start: February 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2007
• Study Completion: March 1, 2008
• Last Updated: March 26, 2008

Record last verified: 2008-03