Anxiety, Asthma, Depression, Diabetes, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
self-efficacy, chronic illness, health behavior, education, medical, residency
Brief summary
Patient self-efficacy, or confidence in one's ability to take the necessary steps to achieve a goal, has been shown to influence a number of important health behaviors and outcomes. However, current ways of increasing patient self-efficacy are time and labor intensive and occur away from doctor visits, where most health care is delivered. We developed, and are testing in a study the effectiveness of a new way of teaching doctors how to talk to patients during office visits in a way that will boost their patients' self-efficacy for changing important health behaviors.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSelf-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques training
Teaching by standardized patient instructors regarding use of self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques to be applied in patient encounters
BEHAVIORALControl intervention
These residents receive training provided by a standardized patient instructor, regarding the common co-occurrence of chronic medical and mental health problems, without any interviewing technique discussion or training.
Sponsors
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
University of California, Davis
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Family medicine or internal medicine residents in training at the University of California Davis Medical Center
Exclusion criteria
* None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Resident physician use of self-efficacy enhancing patient interviewing techniques, assessment via coding of audio recordings from standardized patient encounters | Within 6 months of completion of intervention |
Outcome results
None listed