Do Patients Perceive Surgeons Who Provide Personal Information as More Trustworthy and Empathetic?

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Trust

Treatments: Other: Surgeon Personal Background

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04213625

2019-06-0047

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prior studies have shown that patient trust in their physician is associated with better health outcomes and lower levels of emotional distress. Patients who have low levels of trust in their physician are less satisfied and less likely to adhere to their physician recommendations. As such, there is a need to better understand factors related to patient trust in their physician.

Purpose: To understand whether patient awareness of a surgeon's personal background improves patient trust in their surgeon.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients (age 18 years or greater) visiting a single orthopaedic hand surgeon
• English fluency and literacy
• Ability to take informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Information sheet with only their surgeon's educational background.

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group will receive an information sheet with their surgeon's educational and personal background.

Treatment:

Other: Surgeon Personal Background