A Study of the Effect of Patient Education (Talking Health Together) in Improving Doctor-patient Communication

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Doctor-patient Communication Improvement
• Interventions: Behavioral: THT PACE Training; Other: placebo

• Registration Number: NCT00879736
• Lead Sponsor: AstraZeneca

Brief Summary

This study is being carried out to see if patients make the lifestyle changes or take their medication as instructed by their doctor during their visit as a result of the T.H.T. patient-education training. Proper information exchange between doctors and patients is an important part of quality health care. Although many patients would like more information, they often do not ask for it directly during doctor-patient visits. The patient-training in this study specifically aims at improving patient participation during medical appointments by building communication skills such as requests for information and sharing health concerns with the doctor.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-03
• Study First Submitted: 2009-04-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-04-09
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-10
• Primary Completion: 2010-08
• Study Completion: 2010-08
• Status Verified: 2010-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-08-19
• Last Update Posted: 2011-08-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 322

Inclusion Criteria

• Male or female, aged 40 years of age or greater
• Clinical documentation of diagnosis not to target of at least one of the following: Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension or Hypercholesterolemia
• Receive a prescribed medication for the chronic disease for which they were included in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients in active phase of cancer treatment (i.e. chemotherapy or radiotherapy at time of study).
• Inability to carry out the encounter with their physician in English without need of assistance
• Uncomfortable using a computer for routine activities such as regular access to the web and e-mail.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
THT PACE eLearning module & nurse-led workshop training	THT PACE Training	THT PACE eLearning and then nurse-led workshop for training on PACE methodology
Usual care	placebo	Patients just go to their doctor as they normally would but get some disease specific information in the form of brochures as do intervention arms
THT PACE eLearning module	THT PACE Training	The PACE (prepare, ask, check, express) training methodology will be available to patients before their 2nd doctor visit

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate the impact, compared to Usual Care, of training interventions on patients with chronic disease on patient participation in primary care encounters assessed after intervention.	once

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
physician satisfaction and sense of partnership with the doctor-patient encounter;
patient perception of quality of doctor-patient communication and relationship and patient confidence in own ability to communicate effectively with their doctor;	Twice
patient perception of the management of their chronic disease(s); and patient recall of discussions of lifestyle recommendations and chronic disease medications discussed during the encounter.	Twice

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Research Site; 🇨🇦 Oakville, Ontario, Canada