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

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Parents

In brief

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).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00639470

Run by

State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

People needed

23

Starts

2005-08-01

Expected to finish

2008-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-08-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

Where it is running

• SUNY Upstate Medical University — Syracuse, New York, United States

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