An important issue in measuring the effect of communication is that a clinical consultation is an iterative process of reciprocal interactions constantly influenced by the physician and the patient. This complicates studying the effects of specified communicative behaviors, since patient behavior can not be controlled in the experiments. This can be bypassed by not assessing the effects of communication directly in the patients in the consultation, but instead show a video of a consultation to s
Conditions
Interventions
Physician communication in a consultation is varied in the different groups, consequently subjects see their own videos and the videos of other subjects.
Sponsors
NIVEL (Netherlands Institure for Health Services Research)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women who are 18 years or older, having a menstrual cycle, experience with menstrual pain in the last six months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychiatric disorders, 2. Inability to have an unaided conversation in Dutch, 3. Co-morbidity of other illnesses causing pain, 4. Knowing the physician administering the intervention.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameters are the correlations of skin conductance responses, heart rate, positive and negative affect and state anxiety between subjects in a consultation and subjects viewing a consultation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlations between observed communication while in the consultation and while watching the video of that consultation | — |
Contacts
Public ContactW. Verheul
NIVEL, Postbus 1568
Outcome results
None listed