Trial reportBMJ open2022
Training physicians in providing complex information to patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomised controlled trial.
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- Expert recommendations on sharing medical information with patients: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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- Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards knee osteoarthritis: a regional study in Chinese patients.Clinical rheumatology · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare professionals towards irritable bowel syndrome: a multicenter, cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding Sarcopenia in maintenance hemodialysis patients in Northeastern China.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Parents' knowledge and attitudes towards extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and their post-traumatic stress symptoms.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- How Do Physicians Frame Medical Information in Talks With Their Patients? An Inductive Microanalysis.Qualitative health research · 2024Article
- Enhancing involvement of people with multiple sclerosis in clinical trial design.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of a specific communication training for neurologists on how to provide complex information about treatment options to patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
designSingle-centre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial.
settingOne university hospital in Norway.
participantsThirty-four patients with early-stage MS.
interventionA 3-hour training for neurologists on how to provide complex information about MS escalation therapy.
main outcome measuresPatient recall rate, measured with a reliable counting system of provided and recalled information about drugs. SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of information units provided by the physicians. Effects on patient involvement through questionnaires.
methodsPatients with MS were instructed to imagine a disease development and were randomised and blinded to meet a physician to receive information on escalation therapy, before or after the physician had participated in a 3-hour training on how to provide complex information. Consultations and immediate patient recall interviews were video-recorded and transcribed verbatim.
resultsPatient recall rate was 0.37 (SD=0.10) pre-intervention and 0.39 (SD=0.10) post-intervention. The effect of the intervention on recall rate predicted with a general linear model covariate was not significant (coefficient parameter 0.07 (SE 0.04, 95% CI (-0.01 to 0.15)), p=0.099).The physicians tended to provide significantly fewer information units after the training, with an average of 91.0 (SD=30.3) pre-intervention and 76.5 (SD=17.4) post-intervention; coefficient parameter -0.09 (SE 0.02, 95% CI (-0.13 to -0.05)), p<0.001. There was a significant negative association between the amount of provided information and the recall rate (coefficient parameter -0.29 (SE 0.05, 95% CI (-0.39 to -0.18)), p<0.001). We found no significant effects on patient involvement using the Control Preference Scale, Collaborate or Four Habits Patient Questionnaire.
conclusionA brief course for physicians on providing complex information reduced the amount of information provided, but did not improve patient recall rate. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN42739508.
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