Enhancing Postpartum Discharge Instructions

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Health Literacy, Randomized Controlled Trial, Postpartum, Cesarean Delivery Affecting Newborn

In brief

Post-cesarean delivery discharge instructions are not currently at an appropriate health literacy level. Enhancing discharge instructions with a visual aid did not improve scores on comprehension quizzes, either immediately or two-weeks post-discharge. However, participants preferred to have access to visual images with discharge instructions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03592628

Run by

Thomas Jefferson University

People needed

50

Starts

2017-06-01

Expected to finish

2018-07-03

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able to consent
• Identified as English speaking
• Had a cesarean delivery during the index hospitalization for delivery of their living newborn

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English speaking
• Declined to participate
• Required a translator for communication
• Intellectual disability (as self-identified or as determined by healthcare provider)
• Currently incarcerated

Where it is running

• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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