Clinical trials: Personal Communication
Chronic Disease
Improving Communication About Patient Priorities in Multimorbidity
The goal of this study is to develop and test Customized Care, an intervention to help patients dealing with depression and/or anxiety in the context of multiple chronic conditions.
- Trial name
- ICOM-APP (NCT02100982)
- Testing
- Customized Care, Care As Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Stress
FeelSync: Tailoring Ecological Momentary Assessments and Interventions for Emotion Awareness, Regulation, and Mental Health Outcomes
This study investigates how different ways of reflecting on emotions in daily life influence emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and mental health.
- Trial name
- FeelSync (NCT06986850)
- Testing
- FeelSync mobile application, Ecological Momentary Assessment mobile application
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 490 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marta Marciniak
Mental Health Wellness 1
Crafted Communication for Biopsychosocial Care in Musculoskeletal Practice
New and return patients seeing an orthopedic specialist were randomized to evaluate one of 7 brief explanations of the mind-body connection with variations in cognitive, emotional, or physiology-based explanations.
- Trial name
- NCT04482348
- Testing
- Explanation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 308 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Child Development Disorders, Specific, Developmental Communication Disorders
Improvised Music to Enhance Intensive Interaction Version 1
The project will investigate the effectiveness of a specialised musical-clinical approach used as an adjunct to an established non-musical intervention in the enhancement of interpersonal interaction.
- Trial name
- NCT03188016
- Testing
- Intensive Interaction with Music, Standard Intensive Interaction
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Sponsor
- Beacon Hill Academy
Laughter, Mental Health Issue
The Effect of Laughter Therapy on the Mental Health of Elderly Living in a Nursing Home
This study was designed and conducted as a randomized controlled experimental research with a pre-test and post-test control group to evaluate the effect of laughter therapy on psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and…
- Conditions
- Laughter, Mental Health Issue, Life Satisfaction, Well-Being, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06722872
- Testing
- Laughter therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Anxiety, PTSD
Chaplain Family Project Trial
Our research team has designed a chaplain delivered intervention focused on surrogate decision makers for hospitalized adults in the ICU.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, PTSD, Depression, Communication
- Trial name
- CFP-RCT (NCT03702634)
- Testing
- Spiritual Care Assessment and Intervention (SCAI) framework
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Age-related Hearing Impairment 1, Personal Communication
The Baltimore HEARS Pilot Study
The primary purpose of the study is to develop and test the preliminary efficacy of a first-in-kind community-based intervention to provide affordable, accessible and effective hearing health care to low-income, minority older…
- Trial name
- HEARS (NCT02045511)
- Testing
- Baltimore HEARS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Adolescent Behavior, Violence in Adolescence
Expect Respect Middle School Randomized Trial
This cluster-randomized school-based study will examine the effectiveness of a teen dating violence (TDV) and sexual violence (SV) prevention program called Expect Respect for preventing serious violence perpetration among middle…
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Violence in Adolescence, Group, Peer, Violence, Non-accidental
- Trial name
- NCT04095429
- Testing
- Expect Respect, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 635 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Grief, Communication
Grief and Communication Family Intervention
The overall purpose of this project is to evaluate the effects of a family therapy intervention for grieving families with children. The main outcome variable is family communication.
- Trial name
- NCT03351582
- Testing
- Grief and Communication Family Intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Ersta Sköndal University College
Mental Health, COVID-19
Leveraging Community Health Workers to Combat COVID-19 and Mental Health Misinformation in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda
Partners In Health (PIH), in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, aims to develop and evaluate an SMS-based intervention for Community Health Workers (CHWs) to combat COVID-19 and mental health-related misinformation in…
- Conditions
- Mental Health, COVID-19, Misinformation
- Trial name
- NCT05997511
- Testing
- Card-Sorting Activity (Pre-intervention design), SMS Crafting (Pre-intervention design), SMS Messaging
- Where
- 3 sites in Haiti, Malawi and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 5,109 people
- Sponsor
- Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Anxiety, Depression
POST Facilitation for Community Dwelling Older Adults (POST-RCT)
We propose to study the effects of Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) Facilitation in a randomized controlled trial in a population of community dwelling older adults who qualify for POLST facilitation, including…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Satisfaction
- Trial name
- POST-RCT (NCT04070183)
- Testing
- POST Facilitation, Home Safety Evaluation
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 389 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Communication Research, Technostress
NHS Staff Digital Wellbeing Via AirEmail
The goal of this "digital health intervention" study is to test a novel email management tool called "AirEmail" (version 1, or v1) for its impact on improving key aspects of healthcare email management.
- Conditions
- Communication Research, Technostress, Work Related Stress, Burnout, Professional
- Trial name
- NHS DigiWell (NCT06111001)
- Testing
- Email use data collection, AirEmail Tips and Tricks training, AirEmail v1 Digital Tool use
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AirEmail Holdings Limited
Multimorbidity
Improving Patient and Caregiver Engagement by Sharing Annotated Audio-recorded Clinic Visits
In this project, the investigators will conduct a three-arm patient-randomized pilot trial in older adults with multimorbidity in ambulatory care settings to determine the feasibility, usability, and acceptability of an…
- Trial name
- NCT04827381
- Testing
- Annotated Audio, Audio
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Laughter Yoga
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on the Secondary Traumatic Stress Level and Psychological Well-Being of Midwives
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of laughter yoga, which includes various relaxing practices, on secondary trauma levels and psychological well-being of midwives.
- Trial name
- NCT05933915
- Testing
- group-based laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Burnout
Investigating the Effects of a Dyad Intervention on Teacher Resilience, Mental Health, and Social Emotions and Behavior
The COVID-19 pandemic increased psychological burdens in Germany, especially among teachers who have reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion and burnout compared to the general population.
- Trial name
- EduSocial1 (NCT06477250)
- Testing
- Empathy-based socio-emotional mental training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Max Planck Social Neuroscience Lab
Communication Research, Communication, Personal
Mastery Learning in Communication Skills
The goal of this study is to determine whether mastery learning in communication skills can improve skills in a simulated environment and have translational improvements in outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Communication Research, Communication, Personal, Burnout, Professional
- Trial name
- NCT05979090
- Testing
- Mastery learning in communication skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heather Ballard
Nutritional Deficiency
Impact on Nutritional Practices: SMS and Interpersonal Communication
This cluster randomized controlled study aims to add to the evidence base on mHealth interventions by assessing the main effects of delivering nutrition messages on key maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN)…
- Trial name
- RISE (NCT03297190)
- Testing
- SMS, Interpersonal Counselling
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,245 people
- Sponsor
- Helen Keller International
Human Papilloma Virus, Tdap - Tetanus, Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination
High and Low Resource Interventions to Promote HPV Vaccines
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a significant public health issue affecting nearly 14 million people in the United States. HPV can lead to cervical, oropharyngeal, anal, and penile cancers as well as genital warts.The purpose of…
- Conditions
- Human Papilloma Virus, Tdap - Tetanus, Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination, Meningitis, Meningococcal, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT03824093
- Testing
- AFIX Only, AFIX+ Provider Communication Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Mental Health, Suicide
Public Messaging to Increase Treatment Seeking for Veterans at Risk for Suicide
The risk for suicide increases by nearly 50% in the first year that service members transition from the military to civilian life underscoring the need for effective strategies to facilitate help seeking among Veterans vulnerable…
- Trial name
- NCT04784663
- Testing
- Messaging, Wait list control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 355 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Educational Problems
The Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of Interpersonal Communication Questionnaire
In a study conducted by Lewis et al. in 2008, an "interpersonal communication" questionnaire was developed to measure the perceived interpersonal skills of physiotherapy and rehabilitation students regarding patient interaction.
- Trial name
- NCT05405036
- Testing
- simulated patient
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University