Doctor-Patient Communication in Spanish

• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco (Other)
• Overall Status: Terminated
• CT.gov ID: NCT00187785
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 100
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 15
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 6.7

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Does use of a translator or use of less than perfect Spanish diminish provider-patient communication compared to a native speaker.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Upper Respiratory Infection; Hypertension; Diabetes	Behavioral: Spanish speaker level	N/A

Detailed Description

Spanish speaking drop-in patients will be consented then randomized to receive care by a native Spanish speaker, an English speaker using a translator, or an English speaker with intermediate Spanish skills using Spanish. After the visit, the researcher will enquire about patient satisfaction, when the next appointment is, whether medication has been changed, and what instructions their provider gave them. Each provider will do a similar questionnaire. A blinded researcher will score a concordance of plans between provider and patient to see if there is a significant difference in retained information between the groups.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training
• Official Title: Doctor-Patient Communication in Spanish
• Study Start Date: Sep 1, 2005
• Study Completion Date: Dec 1, 2006

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. retention of medical information []

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. patient satisfaction []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Spanish speaker

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	UMC Family Health Center	Fresno	California	United States	93702

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of California, San Francisco

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Roger B Mortimer, MD, Department of Family Practice

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00187785
• Other Study ID Numbers: UMC200552
• First Posted: Sep 16, 2005
• Last Update Posted: Jan 18, 2006
• Last Verified: Aug 1, 2005

• Keywords provided by , ,: Hispanic; communication
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Respiratory Tract Infections

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jan 18, 2006