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Patient Communication Training Intervention

NCT ID: NCT00933855

Last Updated: 2011-11-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-06-30

Study Completion Date

2011-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test a class for Queens Cancer Center patients. We want to find out if patients think this program is helpful.

Detailed Description

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It is well accepted that effective physician-patient communication is associated with important outcomes. Communication training interventions for oncologists and other clinicians has been shown to be effective in changing behavior and improving outcomes. Less attention has been given to improving cancer patients' communication with their physicians. Most of the studies in this area have been focused on activating patients through training them to ask questions. Although question asking is a vitally important patient communication skill, other patient communication skills should also be encouraged for patients.

In the primary care setting, studies on patient communication training have focused on three additional communication skills to asking questions: presenting information, checking understanding, and expressing concerns. The goal of this study is to pilot test a patient communication workshop that builds on the work done in the primary care setting, offering an intervention that focuses on a broad range of skills. The proposal aims to improve communication skills in an underserved population, which may be a factor contributing to minority health disparities.

Conditions

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Cancer

Keywords

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Training Workshop Communication Questionnaires Multiple Diseases

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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communication training workshop

The patient intervention is a 1 hour communication workshop entitled: "Getting the Most out of your Doctor's Visit." The workshops will be offered to both patients and family members, but data will be collected only for patients. The workshops will be held on location at Queens Cancer Center.

Questionnaires and training workshop

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

We will recruit a minimum of 1 and maximum of 12 patients for each workshop.

The workshop will follow the approximate time table below:

10 minutes: Sign-in, welcome and introductions 25 minutes: Didactic session, videos and discussion 10 minutes: Group discussion 15 minutes: Closing plenary and final assessment

Interventions

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Questionnaires and training workshop

We will recruit a minimum of 1 and maximum of 12 patients for each workshop.

The workshop will follow the approximate time table below:

10 minutes: Sign-in, welcome and introductions 25 minutes: Didactic session, videos and discussion 10 minutes: Group discussion 15 minutes: Closing plenary and final assessment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients seeing a physician at Queens Cancer Center (not family members or partners)
* Able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Less than 18 years of age (as per self-report)
* Cognitive or physical impairment rendering patients incapable of providing informed consent to participate in the study.
* As the workshop will be given in English and the measures are all written in English, subjects who are not fluent in English will be excluded.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Queens Health Network

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carma Bylund-Lincoln, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Queens Hospital Center

Jamaica, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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08-148

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id