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NCT Number: NCT00806559

Space and Interaction Trial: Room Design and Patient-physician Interaction

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Internal Medicine Patients Participating Staff

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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.

Treatment and study plan

Re-designed room

Other

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.

Control room

Other

This is the usual clinical room for a clinical visit, with physician at desk and chairs along the wall for patient/family.

Primary outcomes

  1. 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)

  2. 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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Other

Collaborators

  • Steelcase

Registry information

Official study title

SIT Trial: The Effect of Clinical Room Design on the Quality of the Clinical Encounter

Acronym: SIT

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Dec 11, 2008
Registry last updated
Dec 14, 2011

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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.