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A Study to Improve Physician-Youth Communication and Medical Decision Making

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure NYHA Class III
Heart Failure NYHA Class II
Heart Failure NYHA Class IV
Interventions
Behavioral: Usual/standard care
Behavioral: We Chatt communication tool
Registration Number
NCT05835063
Lead Sponsor
University of Michigan
Brief Summary

The goal of this study is improving patient-centered communication for young people with advanced heart disease.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
62
Inclusion Criteria
  • Physician participants will be recruited from the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Michigan. All physicians with dedicated clinical effort will be eligible.
  • Eligible physicians must anticipate remaining on staff >1 year

Patient/Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients 12-24 years old with heart failure symptoms meeting criteria for New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II - IV heart failure
  • One parent/caregiver of patient participants meeting inclusion criteria will also be eligible

Physician

Exclusion Criteria
  • Not a physician at University of Michigan in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Patient/Caregiver Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with significant cognitive/developmental delay with potential to impact study participation will be excluded from the study due to the focus on physician-youth communication.
  • Parents and parent/caregivers that are non-English speaking will be excluded from this pilot study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Usual careUsual/standard care-
We Chatt communication toolWe Chatt communication tool-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient overall satisfaction with the We Chatt intervention based on the patient survey2 weeks (after intervention)

Patients will complete 12 questions in which participants select from a likert scale from Strongly disagree (1) -Strongly agree (5). The scores ranging from 12-60; higher scores indicate greater satisfaction.

Physician overall satisfaction with the We Chatt intervention based on the post clinician survey2 weeks (after intervention)

Satisfaction will be based on the answers for 12 questions in which clinician's select from a likert scale from strongly disagree (1) -Strongly agree (5). The scores ranging from 12-60; higher scores indicate greater satisfaction.

Patient/Caregiver overall satisfaction with the We Chatt intervention based on the parent/caregiver survey2 weeks (after intervention)

Parent/Caregiver will complete 12 questions in which participants select from a likert scale from Strongly disagree (1) -Strongly agree (5). The scores ranging from 12-60; higher scores indicate greater satisfaction.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Physician satisfaction with the We Chatt intervention from physicians based on the post clinician survey2 weeks (after intervention)

Physicians will answer 1 question on a scale from 0-10 (with 0 being worst and 10 being best)

Parent/Caregiver satisfaction with the We Chatt intervention based on the parent/caregiver survey2 weeks (after intervention)

Parent/Caregiver will answer 1 question on a scale from 0-10 (with 0 being worst and 10 being best)

Patient satisfaction with the We Chatt intervention based on the patient survey2 weeks (after intervention)

Patients will answer 1 question on a scale from 0-10 (with 0 being worst and 10 being best)

Time (measured in minutes) to complete We Chatt the Intervention by clinicians30 minutes (approximately)

Number of minutes to complete the intervention will be collected on clinician survey.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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