The Impact Of Physician Communication On Family Inpatient Experience
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Patient/family satisfaction
研究概览
简要总结
Patient satisfaction is affected by physician communication styles and communication at the bedside. The investigators are conducting a randomized controlled trial involving both providers and families to determine if providers sitting down while talking with families, will improve one aspect of quality care delivered during an inpatient stay as measured by patient/family satisfaction. The investigators will additionally study the affects of the intervention on the following outcomes: family assessment of provider communication, readmission rates, and length of stay.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- — 至 17 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Providers: all attendings, residents, and medical students involved in the care of patients on the pediatric inpatient wards during the study period.
- •Families (Parents or legal guardians and children):
- •(1) inpatient admissions to the pediatrics medical service at Boston Medical Center
- •(2) whose parents or guardian have agreed to participate in family centered walk rounds
- •(3) patients age 17 or younger who have family members present at the bedside each morning of hospitalization
- •(4) English speaking.
排除标准
- •(1) All patients/families that as part of admission justification involves social assessment and concern by the patient care team, including patients with neonatal abstinence syndrome, child maltreatment, and concern for neglect.
- •(2) All patients transferred to or from PICU as part of their inpatient care
- •(3) All patients transferred from an outside institution to the inpatient ward for further care secondary to progression of disease.
结局指标
主要结局
Patient/family satisfaction
时间窗: 4 months
PSQ-18: Assesses parental satisfaction with medical care
Patient/family Satisfaction
时间窗: 4 mo
Caregiver questionnaire obtains baseline information on caregiver and patients
次要结局
- Follow-up appointment attendance(5 mo)
- Family assessment of doctor-patient communication skills(4 mo)
- Readmission rate(5 mo)
- Family discharge preparedness(4 mo)
- Length of stay(4 months)
研究者
Michael Silverstein
BMC Attending Physician
Boston Medical Center