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

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-03-15

Study Completion Date

2017-06-08

Brief Summary

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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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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Control group

No communication with a doctor

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Patient-centered

Participants communicate with a doctor that uses a patient-centered style of communication

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Patient-centered style of communication

Intervention Type OTHER

Different doctor-patient communication

Doctor-centered

Participants communicate with a doctor that uses a doctor-centered style of communication

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Doctor-centered style of communication

Intervention Type OTHER

Different doctor-patient communication

Interventions

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Patient-centered style of communication

Different doctor-patient communication

Intervention Type OTHER

Doctor-centered style of communication

Different doctor-patient communication

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes