Improving Informed Consent Process for Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department

NCT ID: NCT01338480

Last Updated: 2017-04-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

172 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-11-09

Study Completion Date

2014-10-22

Brief Summary

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This study is planning to develop the audiovisual videos and determine whether educational videos are superior to routine discussion for informing trauma patients in emergency department (ED) about risks, benefits, and alternatives to receiving surgery.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Trauma Surgery

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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video

Participants in the intervention group watched an educational video illustrating informed consent information

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

video

Intervention Type OTHER

The videos will be developed and contain information on the procedure, risks, benefits, and alternatives of the surgery. The knowledge measure instrument will also be developed.

control

Participants in the control group read an informed consent document.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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video

The videos will be developed and contain information on the procedure, risks, benefits, and alternatives of the surgery. The knowledge measure instrument will also be developed.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age or older
* scheduled to receive the surgery

Exclusion Criteria

* clinically unstable
* refuse to participate
* unable to understand the consent process for this study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Yen-Ko Lin

Attending Physician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Yen-Ko Lin, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Locations

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Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

References

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Lin YK, Chen CW, Lee WC, Cheng YC, Lin TY, Lin CJ, Shi L, Tien YC, Kuo LC. Educational video-assisted versus conventional informed consent for trauma-related debridement surgery: a parallel group randomized controlled trial. BMC Med Ethics. 2018 Mar 9;19(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12910-018-0264-7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29523129 (View on PubMed)

Lin YK, Chen CW, Lee WC, Lin TY, Kuo LC, Lin CJ, Shi L, Tien YC, Cheng YC. Development and pilot testing of an informed consent video for patients with limb trauma prior to debridement surgery using a modified Delphi technique. BMC Med Ethics. 2017 Nov 29;18(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12910-017-0228-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29187226 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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KMUH-IRB-980361

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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