Effect of Wearing of White Coat on Patient Satisfaction in Indian Out Patient Department (OPD) Setting

Observational Study to Determine the Effect of Wearing of White Coat on Patient Satisfaction in Indian Out Patient Department (OPD) Setting

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02669355

Enrollment

123

Registered

2016-02-01

Start date

2015-10-31

Completion date

2016-01-31

Last updated

2016-02-01

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Conditions

Patient Compliance, Physician-Patient Relations

Keywords

White coat physician attire

Brief summary

Doctor's attire acts as an important criteria in setting up good relationship between patient and physician. Recent evidence as well as strong viewpoints have highlighted the possible harm of wearing a white coat. In order to get the patient's perspective on the same, this observational study is being conducted to determine the effect of wearing a white coat on patient satisfaction in an Indian setting , in patients who visit rheumatology outpatient department,in Columbia Asia Hospitals,Bangalore,India.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients aged equal to or greater than 18 years, attending the rheumatology OPD in Columbia Asia Hospitals,Bangalore.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient who have come only for diagnostic or therapeutic procedure or for second opinion. * Patients without plan for follow up.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in patient satisfaction scores (if any) between patients visiting a rheumatologist for the first time based on the whether the physician dons an apron or not.	50 days

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Change in rate of compliance with medications between patients visiting a rheumatologist for the first time based on the whether the physician dons an apron or not.	3 weeks to 1 month.
Change in rate of compliance with follow up visits (if any) between patients visiting a rheumatologist for the first time based on the whether the physician dons an apron or not.	3 weeks to 1 month

Countries

India

Outcome results