Social and Behavioral Influence (SBI)
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Purpose
The purpose of the study is to improve patient-physician communication and clinical decisions in the context of serious illness that may affect important clinical outcomes. The investigators will examine how variations in communication patterns and clinical decisions are affected by patient demographics (e.g age, sex), patient interactional style (e.g. communication behaviors) and physician characteristics (e.g. attitudes, background, training).
| Study Type: | Observational |
| Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective |
| Official Title: | Social and Behavioral Influences |
- Physicians' Communication Style [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]To examine the degree to which physicians communication style (ex inclusive, authoritative) and clinical decisions (ex. aggressive,passive) differ according to patient characteristics. Unit of Measure: Audio recordings of office visits, will be transcribed, deidentified, and coded.
- Physician Communication Moderators (Sex,Class) [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]To examine how patients participating in their care reduces these patient-specific differences in physician communication behaviors and decisions. Unit of Measure: Audio recordings of office visits, will be transcribed, deidentified, and coded.
| Estimated Enrollment: | 120 |
| Study Start Date: | October 2010 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2015 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Patient Roles
Physician communication styles will be evaluated with different patient roles.
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Detailed Description:
This will be a randomized field experiment. Physicians will receive two unannounced covert standardized patient (SP) visits during the 12-24 months after enrollment. SPs are trained actors who will pose as patients to assess physician behavior and communication. Each SP will present just like a real patient, and will have a standardized fabricated scenario and identity. The SP visit will be unannounced; the physician will not be informed at the time of the visit that they are seeing an SP. The visits will be covertly audio-recorded. This is being conducted at 3 sites: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Purdue, IN; and University of Michigan.
Eligibility| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
| Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Male and Female physicians of all races and ethnicities
Inclusion Criteria:
- Currently in clinical practice
- Do not plan on moving during the next year
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-physicians
Contacts and Locations| United States, New York | |
| University Of Rochester | |
| Rochester, New York, United States, 14642 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Ronald Epstein, MD | University of Rochester |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Ronald Epstein, Principal Investigator, University of Rochester |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01501006 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 33086, R01CA155376-01 |
| Study First Received: | November 30, 2011 |
| Last Updated: | April 2, 2013 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by University of Rochester:
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Physicians |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013