Doctor-patient Communication Improvement
Conditions
Keywords
Doctor-patient communication, Encounters, Patient education training
Brief summary
This study is being carried out to see if patients make the lifestyle changes or take their medication as instructed by their doctor during their visit as a result of the T.H.T. patient-education training. Proper information exchange between doctors and patients is an important part of quality health care. Although many patients would like more information, they often do not ask for it directly during doctor-patient visits. The patient-training in this study specifically aims at improving patient participation during medical appointments by building communication skills such as requests for information and sharing health concerns with the doctor.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTHT PACE Training
Patient training
OTHERplacebo
Sponsors
Dr. Marie-Therese Lussier
Dr. Claude Richard
AstraZeneca
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Male or female, aged 40 years of age or greater * Clinical documentation of diagnosis not to target of at least one of the following: Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension or Hypercholesterolemia * Receive a prescribed medication for the chronic disease for which they were included in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Patients in active phase of cancer treatment (i.e. chemotherapy or radiotherapy at time of study). * Inability to carry out the encounter with their physician in English without need of assistance * Uncomfortable using a computer for routine activities such as regular access to the web and e-mail.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the impact, compared to Usual Care, of training interventions on patients with chronic disease on patient participation in primary care encounters assessed after intervention. | once |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| patient perception of the management of their chronic disease(s); and patient recall of discussions of lifestyle recommendations and chronic disease medications discussed during the encounter. | Twice |
| physician satisfaction and sense of partnership with the doctor-patient encounter; | — |
| patient perception of quality of doctor-patient communication and relationship and patient confidence in own ability to communicate effectively with their doctor; | Twice |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed