Nudges on Hospitalist Behavior and Patient Satisfaction

• Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Other)
• Overall Status: Recruiting
• CT.gov ID: NCT05250778
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 250
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 14.7
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 17.1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Physician behavior plays an important role on patient perception of their care team and on patient satisfaction. Though studies have attempted to impact how physicians interact with their patients through various initiatives, the effect of more subtle nudges on physician behavior have not been studies. As such, the investigators propose a randomized controlled deception trial to evaluate the impact of nudges on hospitalist behavior and patient satisfaction.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Patient Satisfaction; Etiquette, Medical	Behavioral: Nudge	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 250 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider)
• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Official Title: Room Design Nudge on Hospitalist Bedside Etiquette and Patient Satisfaction
• Actual Study Start Date: Apr 11, 2022
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Jul 1, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Nudge Group Encounters in this group will be nudged	Behavioral: Nudge; Room intervention
No Intervention: Control Group Encounters in this group will not receive a nudge.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Physician Sitting Rate [During the Observed Physician Encounter]

   This will be a binary measurement of whether or not the physician sits with the patient during the observed encounter.

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. TAISCH: Tool to Assess Inpatient Satisfaction with Care from Hospitalists [Immediately Following Observed Physician Encounter]

   This is a previously validated measure of patient satisfaction for hospitalists.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 99 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalist Physicians at Parkland Memorial Hospital who are willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Parkland Memorial Hospital	Dallas	Texas	United States	75390

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Andrew Sumarsono, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05250778
• Other Study ID Numbers: STU-2021-1057
• First Posted: Feb 22, 2022
• Last Update Posted: Apr 12, 2022
• Last Verified: Apr 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 12, 2022