| Title: |
Effect of providing information about normal test results on patients, reassurance: randomised controlled trial. |
| Authors: |
Petrie, KJ; Muller, JT; Schirmbeck, F; Donkin, L; Broadbent, E; Ellis, CJ; Gamble, GD; Rief, W |
| Publisher Information: |
BMJ |
| Publication Year: |
2007 |
| Subject Terms: |
psy; edu |
| Description: |
Objective To investigate whether providing information about normal findings before a diagnostic test improves patients' reassurance and reduces anxiety about symptoms. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting Outpatient cardiology clinic. Participants 92 patients with chest pain referred for a diagnostic exercise stress test. Intervention Before undergoing testing patients were randomised to receive standard information (n=28; control group), a pamphlet explaining the function of the test and the meaning of normal test results (n=30; pamphlet group), or the pamphlet and a brief discussion about the meaning of normal test results (n=34; discussion group). Main outcome measures The primary outcome was patients' reported reassurance on a 5 item scale immediately after the test and at one month. Secondary outcomes were the proportion of patients still with chest pain and still taking cardiac drugs at one month. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/15805 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/15805 |
| Rights: |
undefined |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.1BE4C55F |
| Database: |
BASE |