Effect of Intensivist Communication on Surrogate Prognosis Interpretation
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Official title
The Effect of Intensivist Communication on Prognosis Interpretation by Family Members of Patients at High Risk for Intensive Care Unit Admission: A Randomized Trial
Brief summary
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This study evaluates the effect of physician communication styles on the interpretation of prognosis by family members of chronically-ill patients. Participants were randomized to view one of four videos how depicting different physicians disclose prognosis when physicians expect an ICU patient to die.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04239209
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 302 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Indirect - other patients Behavioral
- Indirect - physiology Behavioral
- Redirection Behavioral
- Direct communication Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 26, 2019
- Primary completion
- Oct 16, 2019
- Completion
- Oct 16, 2019
- Last update posted
- Jan 26, 2020
2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 26, 2020 · Synced Sep 9, 2026
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