This study does not relate to a specific health condition. The subject of the simulation is menstrual pain, but the research relates to the methodology. To assess the effect of different types of communication, healthy women acting as analogue patients are included and randomly assiged to one of the four scripted video-taped consultations.
Conditions
Interventions
A two-phase partly observational, partly experimental study with a mixed within- and between subjects design. In
phase I, 30 healthy subjects will participate in a role-played interaction with an inte
Sponsors
Prof. dr. J.M. Bensing
PO Box 1568,
3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands.
E: j.bensing@nivel.nl
T: +31 30 2729666
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Being a women between 18-45 years with sufficient command of Dutch language; 2. Experience with period pain (at least once in the last six months).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Not in the range between 18-45 years; 2. Inability to have an unaided Dutch conversation; 3. No experience with period pain.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The study's primary parameters are affective, physiological (phase I only) and cognitive responses measured as state anxiety, and outcome expectations about the simulated illness in the interview. The study endpoint is the concordance of these measures between 1) subjects participating in the interview and subjects re-viewing their own interview and 2) between subjects participating in an interview and other participants (not participating in any interview) viewing interviews of others. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary study parameters are heart rate, positive and negative affect and illness perceptions about the simulated illness in the interview. Demographic variables, health status, trust in healthcare, communication preferences and empathic ability will be measured as control variables. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactM. Osch, van
PO Box 1568
Outcome results
None listed