Audio-Recorded Discharge Instructions for LEP Parents

Disparities Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Audio-Recorded Discharge Instructions on Confidence and Comprehension Among Limited English Proficient Parents: A Pilot Randomized Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03195842
• Other study ID #: 00000016
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 20, 2017
• Last updated: June 20, 2017
• Start date: March 10, 2016
• Est. completion date: September 26, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: June 2017
• Source: Seattle Children's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this pilot study, limited English proficient (LEP) parents of children at Seattle Children's Hospital for day surgery will be randomized to usual discharge care or usual discharge plus language-concordant, audio-recorded instructions via recordable card. these cards are similar to recordable greeting cards, and can record up to 180 seconds of information. They can be played back over 100 times. We will follow-up with families 2-7 days later to assess satisfaction and comprehension of discharge instructions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 83
• Est. completion date: September 26, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: September 26, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Limited English proficient (LEP) parents of day surgery patients at Seattle Children's Hospital (main campus) who prefer one of the following languages for care: Spanish, Somali, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Mandarin, or Cantonese. Eligible parents are those receiving condition-specific discharge instructions about one or more of the following: a new medication, wound care, diet advancement, return precautions, or more than 1 follow-up appointment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Child being kept overnight at hospital following surgery

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disparities
• Limited English Proficiency

Intervention

Other:
• Recordable card

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Seattle Children's Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Comprehension of discharge instructions	Parent-reported instructions (medication, home care, follow-up, and return precautions) compared to documented instructions	2-7 days after discharge
Secondary	Confidence in caring for the child post-discharge	Using 7 health care transition measures	2-7 days after discharge
Secondary	Satisfaction with card	Measures of satisfaction with the recordable card, asked of those who received one	2-7 days after discharge