The Influence of Doctor-patient Communication on Patients' Willingness to Take Medication
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pill intake
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Winfried Rief
Professor
Philipps University Marburg Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •between 18 and 35 years
- •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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pill intake
Time Frame: Within 10 minutes after doctor-patient communication
Behavioural test
Secondary Outcomes
- 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)
- 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)
- Influence on concentration (Concentration task)(Directly (within 10 minutes) after the pill was offered)