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Audio-Recorded Discharge Instructions for LEP Parents

Sponsor
Seattle Children's Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT03195842
Collaborator
(none)
83
Enrollment
2
Arms
6.6
Actual Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

In this pilot study, limited English proficient (LEP) parents of children at Seattle Children's Hospital for day surgery will be randomized to usual discharge care or usual discharge plus language-concordant, audio-recorded instructions via recordable card. these cards are similar to recordable greeting cards, and can record up to 180 seconds of information. They can be played back over 100 times. We will follow-up with families 2-7 days later to assess satisfaction and comprehension of discharge instructions.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: Recordable card
 N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
83 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose:
Health Services Research
Official Title:
Impact of Audio-Recorded Discharge Instructions on Confidence and Comprehension Among Limited English Proficient Parents: A Pilot Randomized Trial
Actual Study Start Date :
Mar 10, 2016
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Sep 26, 2016
Actual Study Completion Date :
Sep 26, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: Usual discharge care

Standard discharge instructions, meaning conversation with physician, usually via interpreter, along with written instructions compiled by the nurse. Written instructions include pre-translated handouts for common languages, and untranslated (English) patient-specific instructions.
Experimental: Recordable card

Usual care, as above, plus patient-specific and standard instructions recorded in the patient's preferred language for care and given to them on a card to take home.

Other: Recordable card

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Comprehension of discharge instructions [2-7 days after discharge]

    Parent-reported instructions (medication, home care, follow-up, and return precautions) compared to documented instructions

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Confidence in caring for the child post-discharge [2-7 days after discharge]

    Using 7 health care transition measures

  2. Satisfaction with card [2-7 days after discharge]

    Measures of satisfaction with the recordable card, asked of those who received one

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A to 18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Limited English proficient (LEP) parents of day surgery patients at Seattle Children's Hospital (main campus) who prefer one of the following languages for care: Spanish, Somali, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Mandarin, or Cantonese. Eligible parents are those receiving condition-specific discharge instructions about one or more of the following: a new medication, wound care, diet advancement, return precautions, or more than 1 follow-up appointment
Exclusion Criteria:
  • Child being kept overnight at hospital following surgery

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
K. Casey Lion, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT03195842
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 00000016
First Posted:
Jun 22, 2017
Last Update Posted:
Jun 22, 2017
Last Verified:
Jun 1, 2017
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 22, 2017