Audio-Recorded Discharge Instructions for LEP Parents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Limited English Proficiency; Disparities
• Interventions: Other: Recordable card

• Registration Number: NCT03195842
• Lead Sponsor: Seattle Children's Hospital

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-03-10
• Primary Completion: 2016-09-26
• Study Completion: 2016-09-26
• Status Verified: 2017-06
• Study First Submitted: 2017-06-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-06-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-06-20
• Study First Posted: 2017-06-22
• Last Update Posted: 2017-06-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 83

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Recordable card	Recordable card	Usual care, as above, plus patient-specific and standard instructions recorded in the patient's preferred language for care and given to them on a card to take home.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comprehension of discharge instructions	2-7 days after discharge	Parent-reported instructions (medication, home care, follow-up, and return precautions) compared to documented instructions

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Confidence in caring for the child post-discharge	2-7 days after discharge	Using 7 health care transition measures
Satisfaction with card	2-7 days after discharge	Measures of satisfaction with the recordable card, asked of those who received one