Nurse-To-Family Telehealth

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pediatric Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Nurse-to-Family Video Chat

• Registration Number: NCT05593900
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis

Brief Summary

This study will be a pilot test of using telehealth to allow nurses to connect with parents/guardians of pediatric patients who are being transferred between hospitals.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-22
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-26
• Study Start: 2023-01-03
• Primary Completion: 2023-07-02
• Study Completion: 2023-07-23
• Results First Submitted: 2024-04-18
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2025-01-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-10
• Results First Posted: 2025-01-14
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 291

Inclusion Criteria

Children who:

• are aged 8 days to <=18 years
• present to a participating community hospital ED
• are accepted for inter-facility transfer to UC Davis
• are assigned to UC Davis unit D10, D7, or T6
• have an English-speaking adult parent/guardian at the bedside

Exclusion Criteria

• does not have an English-speaking adult parent/guardian at the bedside

For parent surveys --

Inclusion Criteria:

• are parents/guardians of the eligible patients (described above)
• are age 18 years and older
• are English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• are age less than 18 years
• have a preferred language that is other than English

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Nurse-to-Family Video Chat	Parents have the option to use telehealth to virtually connect with the nurse before transfer

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assignment Adherence	Day 0	Percentage of eligible patients for whom the protocol assignment (telehealth vs standard of care) was followed

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Survey Completion Rate (%)	Day 0	Percentage of completed surveys among eligible respondents
Fidelity: Percentage of Telehealth Initiated Before Arrival	Day 0	Whether or not a telehealth connection was initiated prior to patient's arrival to UC Davis hospital. Time of telehealth initiation, if applicable, was obtained from the ExtendedCare (telehealth platform) reporting system. Time of patient arrival was obtained from the electronic health record.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California Davis Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States