Using Online Videos to Supplement Emergency Department Discharge Instructions

NCT ID: NCT01361932

Last Updated: 2013-03-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

133 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-11-30

Study Completion Date

2013-02-28

Brief Summary

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This project will evaluate the effectiveness of 38 videos of discharge instructions for patients seen in, and discharged from, the emergency department (ED). The investigators will (1) assess how many ED patients chose view the website, and (2) interview patients who viewed a video, as well as those who didn't view a video (and therefore received standard care), to determine whether patients who viewed a video understood their diagnoses and discharge instructions better.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Emergency Department Discharge Instructions Instruction Videos

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Video of ED Discharge Instructions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Video of ED discharge instructions for patient's ED discharge diagnosis

Intervention Type OTHER

Link provided for a website of 38 ED discharge instruction videos, based on ED discharge diagnosis; patients in study group encouraged to view it upon returning home. Three key questions asked by RA 1 to 5 days later, via phone call, and answers scored.

Control (usual standard of care)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Video of ED discharge instructions for patient's ED discharge diagnosis

Link provided for a website of 38 ED discharge instruction videos, based on ED discharge diagnosis; patients in study group encouraged to view it upon returning home. Three key questions asked by RA 1 to 5 days later, via phone call, and answers scored.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \> 16, or \< 16 and accompanied by a legal guardian
* Has one of 38 ED discharge diagnoses
* Fluent in English, or caregiver fluent
* Has access to a computer, with internet access, in the next 4 days
* Has access to a telephone

Exclusion Criteria

* Age \< 16 when unaccompanied by a legal guardian
* Decreased level of consciousness at ED discharge (eg palliative patient)
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. Clare Atzema

MD MSc

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Clare L Atzema, MD MSc FRCPC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

References

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Atzema CL, Austin PC, Wu L, Brzozowski M, Feldman MJ, McDonnell M, Mazurik L. Speak fast, use jargon, and don't repeat yourself: a randomized trial assessing the effectiveness of online videos to supplement emergency department discharge instructions. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 11;8(11):e77057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077057. eCollection 2013.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24244272 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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AFP-CA-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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