Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mr Christoph Nikendei
ORCID ID
Contact details
Medizinische Klinik
Abt. Innere II
Im Neuenheimer Feld 410
Heidelberg
69120
Germany
+49 (0)62 2156 38663
christoph.nikendei@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
D 100011720; AZ32-402.17(05)/34
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
PDCT
Study hypothesis
1. Parents satisfaction with their childrens treatment by a paediatric doctor is higher if the doctors have participated in a communication training (in comparison to treatment by the doctors who have not yet participated in a communication training)
2. Paediatric doctors who participate in a communication training show higher subjective self-efficacy than the doctors who have not yet participated in a communication training
3. Paediatric doctors who have participated in a communication training score higher in a multi-station exercise (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) (OSCE) than the doctors who have not yet participated in a communication training
Ethics approval
Approved by the Ethical Committee of the Medical Department of Heidelberg (Ethikkommission der Medizinischen Fakultät Heidelberg) on 05/09/2005, reference number: 307/2005
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Condition
Communication abilities
Intervention
Paediatric doctors are matched in pairs of two and randomised to an intervention and control group. The intervention group participates in a communication training of four 2-hour sessions. Both groups take part in a multi-station exercise after the training. In addition there is a survey of parents' satisfaction with their children's treatment in the emergency outpatient department three months before and three months after the training.
Doctors' self-efficacy in both groups is assessed by a questionnaire before and after the training. Once the surveys are completed the control group will participate in the communication training.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Multi-station exercise (OSCE, a practical exam): higher scores for those doctors who participated in the communication training
2. Improved parents satisfaction with their childrens treatment if the doctors have participated in the communication training (questionnaire)
3. Self-efficacy: doctors who have participated in the communication training show higher self-efficacy than those who have not yet participated (questionnaire)
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/2005
Overall trial end date
30/06/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Paediatric doctors: those who work in the emergency outpatient department between 4.30 and 10 pm and who are willing to participate
Parents: those who visit the emergency outpatient department between 4.30 and 10 pm and who are willing to participate
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Minimum 300 parents, 33 paediatric doctors
Participant exclusion criteria
Paediatric doctors: leading position
Parents: those who do not understand and speak German sufficiently
Recruitment start date
01/11/2005
Recruitment end date
30/06/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Trial participating centre
Medizinische Klinik
Heidelberg
69120
Germany
Sponsor information
Organisation
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Sponsor details
Königstrasse 46
Stuttgart
70173
Germany
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden Württemberg (Germany), D 100011720; AZ32-402.17(05)/34
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list