NCT05401981

Disjunction Between Patient Narrative and Formulaic Thinking in the Doctor

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is seeking whether giving or not giving a clinician a card with talking points in the form of a checklist about the patient's story affects the patients care experience or not

Detailed description

During an office visit, the clinician and the patient engage in dialogue and begin a relationship. This traditionally starts with the patient telling their story, which conveys why they decided to seek care. This study will determine the influence of a checklist specifically about the patient's narrative. The checklist will be used during the interview portion of the visit, to remind the clinician to stay curious about the person before them, their experience of the illness, and their explanatory model, and to help ensure that empathic opportunities are not missed.

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Story checklist	The story checklist consists of a couple of questions that gives the physician something to keep in mind while visiting the patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-01-01
• Primary completion: 2026-09-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2022-06-02
• Last updated: 2025-07-31

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: United States