StemCell Therapy

Michael D. Fetters, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., U-M Site Principal Investigator

Funded by the National Institutes of Health,National Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases toVirginia Commonwealth University ($485,649)

Study Dates: June 2018 - June 2021

The overall goal of this research is to identify physicians communication behaviors during medical interactions that are associated with physicians implicit racial bias and Black patients immediate (satisfaction, trust) as well as clinically important longer-term outcomes (adherence, healthcare utilization).

To achieve this goal, we target medical interactions involving Black patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) because nonadherence in Black patients with T2DM is particularly prevalent. Additionally, the patient-physician communication quality has been found to predict patient adherence to T2DM treatment regimens. We will use a mixed-methods design that integrates the strengths of inductive reasoning to explore which physicians communication behaviors during medical interactions matter from Black patients perspectives and deductive reasoning to identify theoretically and clinically important behaviors.

Our aims are:

Study Protocol Citation:Hagiwara N, Mezuk B, Lafata JE, Vrana SR,Fetters MD. Study protocol for investigating physician communication behaviours that link physician implicit racial bias and patient outcomes in Black patients with type 2 diabetes using an exploratory sequential mixed methods design. BMJ Open. 2018;8(10). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022623.

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