Self-Efficacy Enhancing Interviewing Techniques Study

Patient self-efficacy, or confidence in one's ability to take the necessary steps to achieve a goal, has been shown to influence a number of important health behaviors and outcomes. However, current ways of increasing patient self-efficacy are time and labor intensive and occur away from doctor visits, where most health care is delivered. We developed, and are testing in a study the effectiveness of a new way of teaching doctors how to talk to patients during office visits in a way that will boost their patients' self-efficacy for changing important health behaviors.

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Key information

Conditions

Diabetes Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Asthma Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Bronchial Diseases Chronic Disease Depression Diabetes Mellitus Disease Attributes Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Health Behavior Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Immune System Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Mental Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Tract Diseases Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Traumatic Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Family medicine or internal medicine residents in training at the University of California Davis Medical Center

Exclusion criteria

None

Treatment and study plan

Self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques training

Behavioral

Teaching by standardized patient instructors regarding use of self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques to be applied in patient encounters

Control Intervention

Behavioral

These residents receive training provided by a standardized patient instructor, regarding the common co-occurrence of chronic medical and mental health problems, without any interviewing technique discussion or training.

Primary outcomes

Resident physician use of self-efficacy enhancing patient interviewing techniques, assessment via coding of audio recordings from standardized patient encounters

Time frame: Within 6 months of completion of intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Davis

Other

Collaborators

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Registry information

Acronym: SEE-IT

Important dates

Study start: 2006
Primary completion: 2007
Study completion: 2008
First posted: Mar 26, 2008
Registry last updated: Mar 26, 2008

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