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NCT Number: NCT03046940

The Influence of Doctor-patient Communication on Patients' Willingness to Take Medication

The experiment aims at investigating whether the doctor-patient communication has an influence on patients' willingness to take medication. Patients' attitude towards the medication is manipulated via a critical film sequence. Afterwards patients of the two experimental groups have a communication with one of the investigators of the study. Patients are told that the investigator is a medical doctor. The "doctors" either communicate in a patient-centered or doctor-centered style with the patient. Patients in the control group do not have the possibility to talk to a "medical doctor". Afterwards patients are offered the aforementioned pill that is supposed to be a cognitive enhancer (actually placebo pill). Pill intake is voluntary. The investigators hypothesize that patients in the experimental group with the patient-centered style of communication are more likely to take the pill than patients in the experimental group with the doctor-centered style of communication or patients in the control group.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg

Marburg, 35032, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • female
  • between 18 and 35 years
  • healthy
  • adequate ability to see
  • fluent in German (reading and writing)

Exclusion criteria

  • regular intake of cognitive enhancers/medication that enhances concentration
  • intake of psychotropic drugs
  • medical or pharmacy students, advanced psychology students
  • participants who know the investigators

Treatment and study plan

Patient-centered style of communication

Other

Different doctor-patient communication

Doctor-centered style of communication

Other

Different doctor-patient communication

Primary outcomes

  1. Pill intake

    Time frame: Within 10 minutes after doctor-patient communication

    Behavioural test

Secondary outcomes

  1. Willingness to take medication (VAS)

    Time frame: Within 10 minutes prior to watching the film sequence, directly (within 5 minutes) after the film sequence, directly (within 10 minutes) after doctor-patient communication

    Visual analogue scale (VAS)

  2. Critical attitude towards the medication (VAS)

    Time frame: Within 10 minutes prior to watching the film sequence, directly (within 5 minutes) after the film sequence, directly (within 10 minutes) after doctor-patient communication

    Visual analogue scale (VAS)

  3. Influence on concentration (Concentration task)

    Time frame: Directly (within 10 minutes) after the pill was offered

    Concentration task

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Philipps University Marburg

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Feb 8, 2017
Registry last updated
Jun 9, 2017

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