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NCT Number: NCT03168763

Effect of Physician Attire on Patients' Preference of Physician

The goal of this research study is to learn about the effects of a doctor's characteristics on participant's preference for a doctor. Researchers also want to learn about how a doctor's characteristics affect participant's options about professionalism and compassion.

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Key information

Conditions

Malignant Neoplasms of Independent (Primary) Multiple Sites

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

About this study

If participant agrees to take part in this study, participant will be asked to complete 7 questionnaires. These questionnaires ask about participant's gender, date of birth, ethnicity, marital status, level of education, religion, and information about the disease and treatments participant received. Participant will also be asked about any symptoms participant may be having, how much trust participant has in the medical profession in general, how participant feels about the disease, any depression or anxiety participant may have, and participant's level of hopefulness. These questionnaires should take about 6 minutes to complete.

Participant will be shown 2 videos (each 3 minutes long) and then participant will complete questions about each video. Participant will be asked to rate the doctors participant saw on their professionalism and their compassion.

Caregivers will be required to leave the room or stay silent while the participant is watching the videos.

The total time to watch the videos and complete the second set of questionnaires should be about 7 minutes.

Finally, participant will be asked to complete 3 questionnaires about participant's overall preference for a doctor. These questionnaires will take about 5 minutes to complete.

Length of Study Participation:

Participation in this study is complete after participant answers the final questionnaires.

Overall, this study should take about 30 minutes to complete.

This is an investigational study.

Up to 108 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Advanced cancer diagnosis (locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic disease).
  • Patients presenting as follow-ups only at the outpatient Supportive Care Center.
  • Age >/= 18 years-old
  • English speaking

Exclusion criteria

  • Altered cognition (as assessed routinely in the Supportive Care Clinic using the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS), with a score of >/= 7/30).
  • Patients suffering from a severe psychiatric disorder or condition that would significantly interfere with study participation.
  • Patients with hearing and/or visual impairments.

Treatment and study plan

Video

Behavioral

Participants shown Video 1A or 1B, then shown Video 2A or 2B.

Questionnaires

Behavioral

Questionnaires completed at baseline, after each video viewing, and at completion.

Other names: Surveys

Primary outcomes

  1. Participant's Perception of Physician's Compassion

    Time frame: 1 day

    Participant's rating of physician's compassion assessed by using a validated 5-item tool consisting of five 0-10 numerical rating scales assessing five dimensions: warm-cold, pleasant-unpleasant, compassionate- distant, sensitive- insensitive, and caring-uncaring.

    The sum of the five scales gives a final score representing physician's compassion on a scale of 0 to 50.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Participant's Perception of Physician's Professionalism

    Time frame: 1 day

    Participant's rating of physician's professionalism assessed by using a validated 4-item tool assessing politeness, listening, explaining the condition and treatment to the patient and patient's involvement in treatment decisions. Participant rates from poor-1 to very good-5.

    The sum of these 4 items gives a final score representing physician's level of professionalism on a scale of 4 to 20.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Advanced Cancer Patients' Perception of Physician Compassion and Professionalism - A Randomized, Double Blind, Cross Over Trial

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
May 30, 2017
Registry last updated
Nov 13, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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