The Psychosocial Effect of Thoughts of Personal Mortality on Cardiac Risk Assessment by Medical Students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Prejudice

• Registration Number: NCT00500136
• Lead Sponsor: University of Missouri-Columbia

Brief Summary

This study was designed to examine if provoking thoughts of mortality among medical students can influence cardiac risk assessments depending on the religion of the target patient.

Detailed Description

This study was designed to examine whether and how provoking thoughts of mortality among medical students can influence cardiac risk assessments depending on the religion of the target patient.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01
• Primary Completion: 2007-05
• Study Completion: 2007-05
• Study First Submitted: 2007-07-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2007-07-12
• Status Verified: 2016-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 2016-10-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

• medical students

Exclusion Criteria

• non-medical students

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Responses on a scale of 0-100 to each of three cardiac risk questions	immediate

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Missouri; 🇺🇸 Columbia, Missouri, United States