Disjunction Between Patient Narrative and Formulaic Thinking in the Doctor

NCT05401981 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: 2020-01-0115
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 5

Brief Summary

This study is seeking whether giving or not giving a clinician a card with talking points in the form of a checklist about the patient's story affects the patients care experience or not

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Keywords

Orthopedics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patient Experience Measure questions

  Questionnaire assessing patient's experience

  through study completion, an average of 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Perceived empathy (JSPPPE)

  through study completion, an average of 6 months

• Guttman

  through study completion, an average of 6 months

• Guttman CEQ

  through study completion, an average of 6 months

• PROMIS PF CAT

  through study completion, an average of 6 months

• NRS pain intensity assessment

  through study completion, an average of 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Standard care

NO INTERVENTION

Clinician not given any cards about the patient's story.

Story checklist

EXPERIMENTAL

Clinician given a card with talking points in the form of a checklist about the patient's story.

Other: Story checklist

Interventions

Story checklist OTHER

The story checklist consists of a couple of questions that gives the physician something to keep in mind while visiting the patients.

Story checklist

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 89 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• New patients
• Orthopedic visit

You may not qualify if:

• Languages other than English or Spanish.
• Cognitive dysfunction precluding completion of questionnaires.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Texas at Austin: lead

Study Sites (5)

Austin Regional Clinic

Austin, Texas, 78705, United States

Location

Texas Orthopedics

Austin, Texas, 78705, United States

Location

HTB Musculoskeletal Institute

Austin, Texas, 78712, United States

Location

Orthopedic Specialists of Austin

Austin, Texas, 78751, United States

Location

ATX Ortho

Austin, Texas, 78756, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Officials

• David Ring, MD, PhD

  The University of Texas at Austin

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Participants will randomly be assigned to 2 groups of intervention (The clinician receives the check list) and control (The clinician doesn't receive a checklist). After the visit patients will answer to questionnaires .
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: David Ring, MD, PhD Associate Dean for Comprehensive Care, Professor of Surgery and Psychiatry

Model Details: Parallel Assignment

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 11, 2022
• First Posted: June 2, 2022
• Study Start: January 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Last Updated: July 31, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Locations

US (5)