Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05913206
Understanding Factors in Decision Making for Children With Medical Complexity
Developing an Innovative Decision Support Tool for Pediatric Neuromuscular Scoliosis- Aim 1
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 831 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Utah · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare different strategies to communicate around potential risks and benefits related to treatment decision making in parents/adult caregivers of children with medical complexity. The objective of this study is to identify the most effective ways to communicate decision-related risks and benefits to improve the quality of caregiver decision making for children with medical complexity. Participants will view a video of a simulated clinic visit and related medical information and complete a survey about their experiences. Researchers will compare participant survey responses to see if decision quality changes based on the information reviewed by the participant.
Detailed description
Children with medical complexity, their caregivers, and their providers face a multitude of complex, high stakes medical decisions throughout their lifetime. Best practices for the provision of high quality shared decision making in the care of children with medical complexity do not exist. Unique challenges to support decision making for caregivers of children with medical complexity include communication of decision-related risks and benefits and knowledge related to the decision. This study will test the efficacy of various communication techniques in the setting of a simulated patient encounter.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Ambiguity | The intervention is a novel communication approach to communicate ambiguity related to the potential risks and benefits associated with clinical decision making for parents and caregivers of children with medical complexity. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Complexity | The intervention is a novel communication approach to communicate complexity related to the potential risks and benefits associated with clinical decision making for parents and caregivers of children with medical complexity. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Normalizing language | The intervention is a novel communication approach to normalize and explain the inherent uncertainty faced by parents of children with medical complexity during clinical decision making. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Narrative | Parent and caregiver narratives about their decision making experiences for the care of their child with medical complexity. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-06-29
- Primary completion
- 2024-08-29
- Completion
- 2024-08-29
- First posted
- 2023-06-22
- Last updated
- 2026-02-24
- Results posted
- 2026-02-24
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05913206. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.