Healthy
Conditions
Brief summary
The experiment aims at investigating whether the doctor-patient communication has an influence on patients' willingness to take medication. Patients' attitude towards the medication is manipulated via a critical film sequence. Afterwards patients of the two experimental groups have a communication with one of the investigators of the study. Patients are told that the investigator is a medical doctor. The doctors either communicate in a patient-centered or doctor-centered style with the patient. Patients in the control group do not have the possibility to talk to a medical doctor. Afterwards patients are offered the aforementioned pill that is supposed to be a cognitive enhancer (actually placebo pill). Pill intake is voluntary. The investigators hypothesize that patients in the experimental group with the patient-centered style of communication are more likely to take the pill than patients in the experimental group with the doctor-centered style of communication or patients in the control group.
Interventions
OTHERPatient-centered style of communication
Different doctor-patient communication
OTHERDoctor-centered style of communication
Different doctor-patient communication
Sponsors
Philipps University Marburg
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* female * between 18 and 35 years * healthy * adequate ability to see * fluent in German (reading and writing)
Exclusion criteria
* regular intake of cognitive enhancers/medication that enhances concentration * intake of psychotropic drugs * medical or pharmacy students, advanced psychology students * participants who know the investigators
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pill intake | Within 10 minutes after doctor-patient communication | Behavioural test |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Willingness to take medication (VAS) | Within 10 minutes prior to watching the film sequence, directly (within 5 minutes) after the film sequence, directly (within 10 minutes) after doctor-patient communication | Visual analogue scale (VAS) |
| Critical attitude towards the medication (VAS) | Within 10 minutes prior to watching the film sequence, directly (within 5 minutes) after the film sequence, directly (within 10 minutes) after doctor-patient communication | Visual analogue scale (VAS) |
| Influence on concentration (Concentration task) | Directly (within 10 minutes) after the pill was offered | Concentration task |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed