Translating Anesthesia Care Throughout

NCT ID: NCT05502029

Last Updated: 2023-08-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 22 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-02-14
• Study Completion Date: 2023-06-12

Brief Summary

Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are at significant risk of receiving care different from those who are English proficient. Through Translating Anesthetic Care Throughout (TACT), the investigators aim to reduce the disparities experienced by participants with LEP undergoing anesthesia by continuing language translation from the preoperative area into the operating room, where participants will be better able to understand what is happening in an otherwise foreign environment. At this time, some participants receive translation in the preoperative area using an interpreter. No further translation is provided beyond the preoperative area unless there is a provider with language concordance or interpretation skills within the perioperative team. The investigators plan to study how extended translation changes a participant's understanding of and feelings about the perioperative period. Supporting language translation for LEP participants from the preoperative area into their operating room (OR) experience will enable providers to better understand how to care for participants from different cultural and language backgrounds and will help us understand how to better serve our community at large. The investigators hypothesize that participants who receive continual translation will have improved informed consent, have improved trust of their anesthesia providers, and be more satisfied with patient care. In addition, they anticipate that the care team also will benefit by the enhanced communication with the participant.

Conditions

Limited English Proficiency; Perioperative Care

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Control

Translator in preoperative area

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard translation

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Translation in the preoperative area

Intervention

Translator in preoperative area, continued through transport to the operating room, and in the operating room until the patient is under general anesthesia

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Extended translation

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Translation extended beyond the preoperative area

Interventions

Extended translation

Translation extended beyond the preoperative area

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Standard translation

Translation in the preoperative area

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants who identify another language other than English as their preferred language
• Participants with planned general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants whose preferred language is documented as English
• Participants with planned sedation or monitored anesthesia care

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Mount Zion Health Fund

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, San Francisco

Locations

UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion

San Francisco, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

22-36587

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id