Breaking Implicit Bias Habits: An Individuation Pilot Study In Rheumatology

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Study ID
NCT05116163
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Individuation Intervention plus implicit bias educational modules — BEHAVIORAL
    Providers in the intervention are will be instructed to watch a brief set of freely available educational lessons and then they will meet with study team members to discuss their "individuation" countermeasure intervention. Providers will be given a choice of several individuation-related questions to better understand the unique characteristics of each patient. Once the provider decides on his/her choice phrases, the research team will assist with the development of a smart phrase (also called "dot phrase") to allow them to incorporate this into a note. Once a week, providers in the intervention arm will receive an email reminding them to incorporate this question and the documentation into their encounters.
  • Implicit bias educational modules — OTHER
    Providers in the comparator arm will be given the same implicit bias educational modules to complete.

Study Details

The first aim of this study is to test the efficacy of a real-time provider-based individuation intervention to improve the receipt of high-quality rheumatic disease care among Black/African American and lower socioeconomic status (SES) individuals. The second aim is to determine the effect of the individuation intervention on provider-patient communication, adherence, provider trust and care satisfaction.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 17, 2022
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Sep 27, 2024
Completion
Oct 9, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
201 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Arm 1: Individuation Intervention plus implicit bias education
    10 rheumatologists who will have 10 patient interactions each (100 patients total) recorded Rheumatologists will watch implicit bias training modules and then will be instructed to incorporate an individuation strategy into each of their clinical encounters.
  • Active Comparator: Arm 2: Implicit bias education only
    10 rheumatologists randomized and stratified by hospital and gender

Primary Outcome Measure

Percent of Quality Metrics Achieved [ Time Frame: 30 days ]

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Brigham and Women's HospitalBostonMassachusetts02115-
Massachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusetts02114-

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