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Clinician-Patient Communication in Lung Cancer Care
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The purpose of this study is to better understand communication between patients with lung cancer and their clinicians. The investigators are also interested in patient's perceptions of the quality of communication with his/her clinician and how these perceptions may impact patient outcomes. The clinician participating in this study and has given us permission to approach his/her eligible patients for study participation.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
294
Start Date
2016-01
Completion Date
2027-01
Last Updated
2026-02-05
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Questionnaire
patients will fill out a questionnaire about their perceived stigma, satisfaction with communication, and psychological distress.
Patient Interview
Then they will participate in a brief in-person interview about their perceived stigma during the clinical consultation
Audio recordings of clinical consultations
Questionnaire
Patients will fill out a questionnaire about their perceived stigma and satisfaction with their clinician's communication.
2-hour empathic communication skills training
2-hour empathic communication skills training
Standardized Patient Assessments
pre-training SPA, post-training SPA
Training evaluation
Clinicians will complete an evaluation assessing the empathic communication training module.
Patient recruitment
6 of the clinician's patients (3 pre-training, 3 post-training) will be recruited to complete brief surveys assessing clinician communication
Locations (7)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent and follow-up only)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent and follow-up only)
Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent and follow-up only)
Montvale, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Consent and follow-up only)
Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent and follow-up only)
Harrison, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent and Follow-Up only)
Uniondale, New York, United States