The Psychosocial Effect of Thoughts of Personal Mortality on Cardiac Risk Assessment by Medical Students

This study was designed to examine if provoking thoughts of mortality among medical students can influence cardiac risk assessments depending on the religion of the target patient.

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Key information

Conditions

Prejudice Behavior Social Behavior

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri, 65211, United States

About this study

This study was designed to examine whether and how provoking thoughts of mortality among medical students can influence cardiac risk assessments depending on the religion of the target patient.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

medical students

Exclusion criteria

non-medical students

Treatment and study plan

mortality salience

Procedure

Primary outcomes

Responses on a scale of 0-100 to each of three cardiac risk questions

Time frame: immediate

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Missouri-Columbia

Other

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Registry information

Official study title

The Effects of Religion and Motivation on Medical Decision Making: A Terror Management Approach

Important dates

Study start: 2007
Primary completion: 2007
Study completion: 2007
First posted: Jul 12, 2007
Registry last updated: Oct 4, 2016

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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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