Patient Perception of Physician's Compassion, Communication Skills, and Professionalism During an Outpatient Palliative Care Visit
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Brief Summary
The goal of this research study is to learn how patients feel about their doctors' attitudes toward supportive care and treatment options for advanced cancer patients.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Nov 2016
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
November 3, 2016
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 4, 2016
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 7, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 2, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 2, 2020
CompletedNovember 25, 2020
November 1, 2020
3.2 years
November 4, 2016
November 23, 2020
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Participant's Rating of Physician's Compassion
Participant's rating of physician's compassion assessed by using a 5-item tool consisting of five 0-10 numerical rating scales assessing five dimensions: warm-cold, pleasant-unpleasant, compassionate distant, sensitive insensitive, caring-uncaring. The sum of the five scales gives a final score representing physician's compassion with a 0 to 50 scale.
1 day
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Participant's Rating of Physician Communication Skills
1 day
Participant's Rating of Physician's Professionalism
1 day
Study Arms (4)
Video 1: No EHR - Physician A
EXPERIMENTALParticipant completes 5 questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit. Participant then watches 2 short videos. After the first video, participant completes 3 questionnaires. After viewing the second video, participant completes 5 questionnaires.
Video 1: No EHR - Physician B
EXPERIMENTALParticipant completes 5 questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit. Participant then watches 2 short videos. After the first video, participant completes 3 questionnaires. After viewing the second video, participant completes 5 questionnaires.
Video 2: With EHR - Physician A
EXPERIMENTALParticipant completes 5 questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit. Participant then watches 2 short videos. After the first video, participant completes 3 questionnaires. After viewing the second video, participant completes 5 questionnaires.
Video 2: With EHR - Physician B
EXPERIMENTALParticipant completes 5 questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit. Participant then watches 2 short videos. After the first video, participant completes 3 questionnaires. After viewing the second video, participant completes 5 questionnaires.
Interventions
Participant completes 5 questionnaires during an already-scheduled office visit. Questionnaires ask about symptoms, physical and emotional health, and trust in the medical profession. These questionnaires should take about 17 minutes to complete.
Participant watches 2 short videos that show actors playing doctor and patient roles, discussing different cancer-related symptom treatment options. Each video is about 4 minutes long and discusses the same content, but setting of each video is different.
After viewing first video, participant completes assessment questionnaire to evaluate their opinion of the physicians behavior. These questionnaires should take about 5 minutes to complete. After viewing second video, participant completes the same 3 assessment questionnaires. Participant also completes 2 additional questionnaires asking which physician participant would prefer as a primary physician and the satisfaction with health information technology use in their care.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Patients with the diagnosis of advanced cancer defined as locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic disease.
- Outpatients (either new referrals or follow ups) seen in the Supportive Care Clinic.
- Age \>/= 18 years old
- English speaking
- Patients with normal cognitive status (Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) \</=6/30) who are able to understand the nature and purpose of the study and have the ability to complete the consent process.
You may not qualify if:
- \) Patients who are experiencing severe symptom distress, including severe emotional distress and cognitive dysfunction, which may interfere with study participation. This will be determined by the principle investigator and/or attending physician who is caring for the patient during that visit.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Ali Haider, MBBS
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 4, 2016
First Posted
November 7, 2016
Study Start
November 3, 2016
Primary Completion
January 2, 2020
Study Completion
January 2, 2020
Last Updated
November 25, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-11