Space and Interaction Trial: Room Design and Patient-physician Interaction (SIT)
This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Mayo Clinic
Collaborator:
Steelcase
Information provided by:
Mayo Clinic
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00806559
First received: December 10, 2008
Last updated: December 13, 2011
Last verified: December 2011
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to improve the clinical encounter through the design of the clinical environment. We will conduct a randomized controlled trial to measure the extent to which a newly designed clinical room, compared to a traditional room, affects the patient-physician interaction. We will judge this outcome by (a) videotaping encounters; and (b) conducting post-visit surveys with patients and an interview with physicians. We will use both qualitative and quantitative tools, including a validated and widely used interaction coding system on the videotapes, to draw inferences from these data.
| Condition | Intervention |
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Internal Medicine Patients Participating Staff |
Other: Re-designed room Other: Control room |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Health Services Research |
| Official Title: | SIT Trial: The Effect of Clinical Room Design on the Quality of the Clinical Encounter |
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Patient and Clinician Interaction variables (duration of the encounter, patient sense of control in encounter, patient's ability to access information from the computer monitor and the quality of the verbal and non-verbal interaction). [ Time Frame: Immediately post clinical visit (survey) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Patient experience of the clinical encounter. The following variables will be measured: patient satisfaction with the room, patient satisfaction with the encounter and the quality of the relationship. [ Time Frame: Immediately post visit ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 60 |
| Study Start Date: | July 2007 |
| Study Completion Date: | April 2008 |
| Primary Completion Date: | April 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Active Comparator: Usual room
Patients in this arm will see their clinician in the usual clinical exam room
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Other: Control room
This is the usual clinical room for a clinical visit, with physician at desk and chairs along the wall for patient/family.
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Experimental: Re-designed room
Patients assigned to this arm will see the physician in a redesigned clinical exam room
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Other: Re-designed room
In the redesigned room patients and clinicians are sitting at a single table in a different configuration compared to the usual clinical exam room, with the doctor at the computer and two chairs for the patient and family/friends.
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Eligible Clinicians:
- In the Department of GIM or Preventive Medicine
- Able and Willing to participate in research study.
Eligible patients:
- Patient of a clinician participating in the study
- 18 years or older
- Seeing clinician for return/summary visit.
Exclusion Criteria:
1.) Not able to give informed consent.
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| Responsible Party: | Victor Montori, M.D., Mayo Clinic |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00806559 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 07-000135 |
| Study First Received: | December 10, 2008 |
| Last Updated: | December 13, 2011 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Mayo Clinic:
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effects clinical space follow-up appointments |
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