Video Education Intervention in the Emergency Department

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain
• Interventions: Behavioral: Pain management video; Behavioral: Falls Prevention Video

• Registration Number: NCT01471769
• Lead Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if an educational video viewed during the Emergency Department visit will improve parent knowledge of pain management, reduce parent anxiety, and change their use of analgesics at-home after discharge from the Emergency Department.

Detailed Description

This study will investigate the use of a video instruction for parents just prior to discharge on pain treatment for their child. The investigators plan to investigate the effect of the video on knowledge because educational modules in the form of videotapes have been shown to be an effective method to improve a parent's knowledge about pain management prior to surgical procedures. Because parental anxiety has a significant impact on a child's experience of pain and video education has been shown to reduce parent anxiety before a procedure, the investigators will also evaluate if parental anxiety is reduced. Whether or not a short video will change the behavior of parents or their satisfaction with the outcome at home has not been investigated and will be an exploratory hypothesis for this study. This research will be a first step towards optimizing the outpatient care for common diagnoses in the Emergency Department.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06
• Study First Submitted: 2011-07-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-10
• Study First Posted: 2011-11-16
• Primary Completion: 2012-08
• Study Completion: 2012-08
• Status Verified: 2012-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-12-17
• Last Update Posted: 2012-12-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• complaint of pain or injury and laceration, fracture or spring, contusion, crush injuries, head injury, motor vehicle collision, or burn.

Exclusion Criteria

• non- English speaking parents
• primary caregiver not with child in Emergency Department

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
pain management video	Pain management video	Experimental
falls prevention video	Falls Prevention Video	placebo

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in parent knowledge from baseline	on day 0 in the ED	A parent knowledge test will be completed by parents prior to the video intervention, immediately after the video intervention, and on day 3 after the video intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in anxiety from baseline	on day 0 in the ED	Parent's anxiety will be measured using a validated pain scale before and immediately after the video intervention
Pain medication use	assessed on day 0, 1, 2, 3	Pain medicatin use collected in a diary at-home after ED treatment
Child's pain	on day 0, 1, 2, 3	child's reported pain at-home after ED treatment
satisfaction	on day 1, 2, and 3	child and parent at-home satisfaction utilizing a validated likert scale will be assesed on day 1, 2, and 3 after ED treatment to determine if the intervention results in improved satisfaction with pain treatment after discharge home

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States