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| Name | Class |
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| Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V., Bonn (Germany) | OTHER |
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The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of a consultation training program for physicians on the quality of their consultations of breast cancer patients regarding complementary medicine. We assume that the training program might enhance the communication of relevant information, empathy of the physicians or satisfaction with the consultation.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Consultation by a trained physician | Experimental | The physicians of this group receive a free consultation training program on skills regarding consultations on complementary medicine for breast-cancer patients. The training was developed by a multi-professional team and is comprised of three parts: (1) online-training, (2) on-site-training, and (3) consultation manual. Each of the physicians will counsel 10 patients. The patients in this group therefore receive a consultation by a trained physician. |
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| Consultation by an untrained physician | Active Comparator | The physicians of the control arm receive no training. Each will counsel 10 patients. The patients in this group therefore receive a consultation by an untrained physician. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Consultation by a trained physician | Behavioral |
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| Consultation by an untrained physician |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Effectiveness of the training program | This is an exploratory study. The main aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of the training program which will be achieved using the different outcome measures defined here as secondary outcome measures. | day 1-7 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Knowledge about complementary medicine in oncology and consultations (physicians) | Questions regarding different topics relating to complementary medicine in oncology and consultations of oncology patients | day 1-7 |
| Evaluation of each consultation session (physicians) |
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Inclusion Criteria for physicians:
Inclusion Criteria for patients:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Claudia M Witt, MD, MBA | Charite University, Berlin, Germany | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Brustzentrum am Vivantes Klinikum am Urban | Berlin | Germany | ||||
| Brustzentrum im Sana-Klinikum Lichtenberg |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 27809814 | Derived | Blodt S, Mittring N, Schutzler L, Fischer F, Holmberg C, Horneber M, Stapf A, Witt CM. A consultation training program for physicians for communication about complementary medicine with breast cancer patients: a prospective, multi-center, cluster-randomized, mixed-method pilot study. BMC Cancer. 2016 Nov 4;16(1):843. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2884-y. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001943 | Breast Neoplasms |
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| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D001941 | Breast Diseases |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
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Evaluation of the consultation session by the physicians (e.g. time spent on the consultation, difficulties, empathy etc.) |
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| Empathy: CARE (patient) | Empathy is assessed via an adaption of the German version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy scale (CARE) | day 1-7 |
| Empathy: REM (patient) | Empathy is assessed via an adapted version of the Rating Scales for the Assessment of Empathic Communication in Medical Interviews (REM) | day 1-7 |
| Satisfaction with the consultation session (patient) | Satisfaction with the consultation session is assessed via questions developed by the study team. | day 1-7 |
| Quality of information (patient) | Quality of the information is assessed via questions developed by the study team | day 1-7 |
| Qualitative analysis of focus groups (physicians) | Focus groups will be conducted with each group of physicians (trained and untrained). They will be analyzed using qualitative methods. | day 1-7 |
| Qualitative analysis of videotapings of consultation sessions | In each group (consulations by trained and by untrained physicians) 8 consultation sessions will be videotaped and analyzed with qualitative methods. | day 1-7 |
| Berlin |
| Germany |
| Brustzentrum, Klinik für Gynäkologie, Charité, Campus Mitte | Berlin | Germany |
| DRK Kliniken Westend, Brustzentrum | Berlin | Germany |
| Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Brustzentrum | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Brustzentrum der LMU München | München | Germany |
| Brustzentrum Klinikum Nürnberg-Nord | Nuremberg | Germany |
| Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Frauenklinik und Poliklinik | Würzburg | Germany |
| D017437 |
| Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |