Breaking Bad News Skills of Doctors and Residents in the Surgical Setting

NCT ID: NCT04308707

Last Updated: 2024-10-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-16

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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Breaking bad news is a very stressful and difficult situation for health care professionals, especially clinical doctors and surgeons. Acquiring skills for this sort of communication is very important due to the large volume of times that these professionals will have to deal with it and because it can affect the doctor-patient relationship forever.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the skill of surgeons and residents in surgical specialties in breaking bad news to patients and families across Spanish hospitals. This will be done by analyzing the subjects in terms of their knowledge and experience using a specialized questionnaire based on breaking bad news protocol, designed in the "Hospital Sant Joan de Déu" Children's hospital in Barcelona.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Communication Research Patient Satisfaction Communication Programs Doctor Patient Relation

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Surgical specialties

Breaking bad news skills

Intervention Type OTHER

Communication skills analyzed by a specialized questionnaire designed from a Breaking bad news protocol developed in 2018-2019 in Barcelona.

Anesthesiology

Breaking bad news skills

Intervention Type OTHER

Communication skills analyzed by a specialized questionnaire designed from a Breaking bad news protocol developed in 2018-2019 in Barcelona.

Interventions

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Breaking bad news skills

Communication skills analyzed by a specialized questionnaire designed from a Breaking bad news protocol developed in 2018-2019 in Barcelona.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Doctors working in the Surgical Setting that accept and answer the specialized questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

* Questionnaire answered out of the time-frame
* Incomplete questionnaires
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Enrique Carrero

MD, PhD, Senior Consultant in and Professor Anesthesiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Hospital Uiversitari Mútua de Terrassa

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

Other Identifiers

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BBNS-SS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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