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Table 6 Schedule of Measures completed by physicians, Coders, & Standardized Patients

From: The social and behavioral influences (SBI) study: study design and rationale for studying the effects of race and activation on cancer pain management

Domain

Measure

Study entry

Post Visit 1

Post Visit 2

2–4 month Follow up

Physician Questionnaires / Measures

 Demographics

Age, gender, race, specialty, practice information, etc.

x

   

 Physician Burnout

Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)

x

   

 Physician Empathy

Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE)- Perspective Taking Subscale

x

   

 Psychosocial Aspects of Physician Care

Physician Belief Scale (PBS)– Burden Subscale

x

   

 Mindfulness

Observing and non-reactivity subscales

x

   

 Attachment

RQ Attachment Scale

x

   

 Need for Closure

Need for Closure Scale (NFC)

x

   

 Comfort Prescribing Pain Medication

PAROPM (developed for this study)

x

   

After Visit Physician Measures

 Prescriptions

Extracted from prescriptions given to SPs

 

x

x

 

 Detection Fax

Sent to physician 3 weeks after last SP visit

   

X

 IAT

Pain Implicit Associations Test

   

x

SP Questionnaires

 Measures

SP perception of patient empathy, satisfaction with overall care, quality of pain discussion, quality of prognosis discussion, physician nonverbal, Rochester Physician Communication Scale

 

x

x

 

Coding of Transcripts from Audio Recordings

 Pain Coding

Measure of Physician Pain Assessment

 

X

x

x

 Prognosis Coding

Prognostic and Treatment Choices (PTCC)

 

x

x

x

 Shared Decision Making

SDM Coding Scale [44]

 

x

x

x

 Eliciting and Validating Patient Concerns

Exploring and Validating Patient Concerns

 

x

x

x