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Parents Reading Comprehension of Their Child's Post-Operative Medicine Fact Sheets

NCT ID: NCT00639470

Last Updated: 2008-08-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

23 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-08-31

Study Completion Date

2008-08-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of this study is to test legal guardians reading comprehension of their child's post-operative medication administration using three different versions of written medication information (standard fact sheets, easy-to-read fact sheets, and easy-to-read fact sheets accompanied by illustrations).

Detailed Description

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It is important for the child's welfare and comfort that the legal guardian can read and comprehend their child's pain medication information. Failure to understand the full implications of the medication may jeopardize the child's comfort level or welfare. Readability of printed education materials is a key to comprehension and supplements what healthcare providers verbally tell the parents/legal guardians. Several studies have demonstrated the benefits of using illustrations to convey intended messages. Simple line drawings appear to do well with those who have low-literacy skills.

The following hypothesis will be tested:

* There is no difference in level of comprehension of medication administration by the legal guardians who receive standard fact sheets about medication, those who receive easy-to-read fact sheets, and those who receive easy-to-read fact sheets accompanied by illustrations.
* There is no difference in level of comprehension of pain assessment by the legal guardians who receive standard fact sheets about assessing pain, those who receive easy-to-read fact sheets, and those who receive easy-to-read facts sheets accompanied by illustrations.
* There is no relationship between legal guardians' satisfaction with medication education and whether they receive standard fact sheets, easy-to-read fact sheets, or those who receive easy-to read fact sheets accompanied by illustrations.

Conditions

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Parents

Keywords

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Patient Education Handout Parents Patient Education

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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easy to read fact sheets

easy to read fact sheets with illustrations and without illustrations

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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patient education handouts

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* be 18 years of age or older or an emancipated minor
* ability to see, speak, and hear English
* have a child who will be undergoing surgery
* signed surgical consent form
* have a child staying on hospital pediatric surgical unit after surgery until discharge
* have a child admitted for at least one day but not more than 7 days.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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SUNY Upstate Medical University

Principal Investigators

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Sharon Kitchie, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

Locations

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SUNY Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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IRBPHS#5229

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id