Caregivers' Knowledge of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions Improves With the Use of Video

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Evaluation of Video Discharge Instructions in Improving Understanding

In brief

Previous studies demonstrate that patients often have difficulty understanding their discharge instructions. Video discharge instructions have the potential to mitigate factors such as illiteracy and limited physician time, which may affect comprehension. Our goal is to determine if adding video discharge instructions affects caregivers' understanding of their child's emergency department (ED) visit, plan and follow-up.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01630265

Run by

Augusta University

People needed

436

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-06-28

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• caregivers of pediatric patients age 29 days to 18 years old diagnosed with wheezing or asthma exacerbation, fever, or vomiting and/or diarrhea.

You may not qualify if…

• Caregivers of patients who were critical in the ED,
• Admitted to the hospital, or given an alternate diagnosis prior to discharge were excluded from the study.
• Also, non-English speaking caregivers were excluded.

Where it is running

• Medical College of Georgia — Augusta, Georgia, United States

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