A Study to Improve Physician-Youth Communication and Medical Decision Making
- Conditions
- Heart Failure NYHA Class IIIHeart Failure NYHA Class IIHeart Failure NYHA Class IV
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Usual/standard careBehavioral: 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
- 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
- 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
Group Intervention Description Usual care Usual/standard care - We Chatt communication tool We Chatt communication tool -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient overall satisfaction with the We Chatt intervention based on the patient survey 2 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 survey 2 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 survey 2 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
Name Time Method Physician satisfaction with the We Chatt intervention from physicians based on the post clinician survey 2 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 survey 2 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 survey 2 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 clinicians 30 minutes (approximately) Number of minutes to complete the intervention will be collected on clinician survey.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Michigan
🇺🇸Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States