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The Effect of Surgeon Emotional Support on Treatment Choice for Low-risk Thyroid Cancer: a Randomized Hypothetical Choice Experiment
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Emotionally Supportive Video and Standard Video for Thyroid Cancer and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 126 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
118 adults with benign thyroid nodules who were seen at a UW Health clinic for a fine needle biopsy and do not need surgery will be enrolled and can expect to be on study for a one-time visit of up to 60 minutes. Each participant will be randomized to watch one of two videos simulating a patient-surgeon discussion about treatment options for low-risk thyroid cancer with or without emotionally supportive statements.
Study Details
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Interventions
The video is approximately 6 1/2 minutes in length and portrays an emotionally supportive conversation between a patient and surgeon during which the surgeon discusses: the diagnosis, prognosis, available treatment options, benefits and harms of the options, and need for decision making. The surgeon speaks for the majority of the simulated visit and discusses total and hemi-thyroidectomy with the addition of emotionally supportive statements and gestures.
The video is approximately 5 minutes in length and portrays a standard conversation between a patient and surgeon during which the surgeon discusses: the diagnosis, prognosis, available treatment options, benefits and harms of the options, and need for decision making. The surgeon speaks for the majority of the simulated visit and discusses total and hemi-thyroidectomy.