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Helping senior doctors involved in cancer care improve their ability to break bad news, elicit and respond to patients' concerns

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN65481287
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2004-09-30
Start date
1997-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Miscellaneous cancers Cancer

Interventions

Randomised controlled trial of training consultants and senior registrars specialising in cancer in breaking bad news, eliciting and responding to patients' concerns. Arm A = Training, Arm B = without

Sponsors

Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2004 Update - Department of Health (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: NHS Doctors

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Doctors: Objective ratings of recorded interviews with 2 simulated patients before training, after training and 3 months later. Objective ratings via radiomicrophone recordings of 10 consultations when breaking bad news before and after training. Subjective: Maslach Burnout Inventory, self efficacy, outcome expectancy before and after training and 3 months later. Patients: 1. Pre-consultation: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Spielberger state anxiety 2. Post-consultation: Spielberger, concerns checklist 3. 1 and 3 months later: concerns checklist and HADS by post—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Not provided at time of registration—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026