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NCT04308707
Breaking Bad News Skills of Doctors and Residents in the Surgical Setting
trial testing Breaking bad news skills in Communication Research in 50 participants. Enrolling by invitation.
31 December 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Hospital Clinic of Barcelona |
|---|---|
| Status | ENROLLING BY INVITATION |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 50 |
| Start date | 16 March 2020 |
| Primary completion | 31 December 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 31 December 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across Spain |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Breaking bad news skills
Conditions studied
- Communication Research — all drugs for Communication Research →
- Patient Satisfaction — all drugs for Patient Satisfaction →
- Communication Programs — all drugs for Communication Programs →
- Doctor Patient Relation — all drugs for Doctor Patient Relation →
Sponsor
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Communication Research or Patient Satisfaction. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Breaking bad news is a very stressful and difficult situation for health care professionals, especially clinical doctors and surgeons. Acquiring skills for this sort of communication is very important due to the large volume of times that these professionals will have to deal with it and because it can affect the doctor-patient relationship forever. The objective of this study is to evaluate the skill of surgeons and residents in surgical specialties in breaking bad news to patients and families across Spanish hospitals. This will be done by analyzing the subjects in terms of their knowledge and experience using a specialized questionnaire based on breaking bad news protocol, designed in the "Hospital Sant Joan de Déu" Children's hospital in Barcelona.
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04308707 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
- Last refreshed: 8 October 2024
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