Use of Teach Back to Improve Comprehension of Discharge Instructions for Emergency Patients With Limited Health Literacy

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Conditions studied: Conditions Influencing Health Status

In brief

The purpose of this study was to determine whether use of teach-back discharge instructions improve patient satisfaction and patients' self-reported and objective comprehension of discharge instructions in the emergency department when compared to standard discharge instructions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01968291

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

254

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-10-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• patients being discharged from the emergency department
• A score of 6 or less on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine, Revised (consistent with Limited Health Literacy)

You may not qualify if…

• aphasia,
• non-English speaking,
• mental handicap,
• psychiatric chief complaint,
• too high acuity per physician,
• insurmountable communication barrier,
• evaluations for sexual assault,
• clinical intoxication.

Where it is running

• Barnes-Jewish Hospital Emergency Department — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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