Video-Interpreting in an Emergency Trauma Room Setting - a Feasibility Trial

Recruiting

• Conditions: Communication Barriers

• Registration Number: NCT06596538
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna

Brief Summary

Background: Global migration increases the likelihood of language barriers. In medical situations language barriers have a negative effect on quality of treatment and thus endanger patient safety.

In-hospital settings feasibility of video-translation has been demonstrated, yet there is lack of evidence in emergency trauma rooms. There, the physicians have to deal with time-critical decisions. Aims: This feasibility trial aims to investigate technical feasibility, usability as well as the impact on decision-making (e.g. alteration of treatment strategies). Methods: In this study 50 responsive patients with language barriers will be included. The anesthesiologic emergency physician will start video-translation via a tablet. Feasibility, quality of communication, usability as well as changes in diagnosis and treatment will be gathered and analyzed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-09-04
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-19
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-12
• Primary Completion: 2025-09-01
• Study Completion: 2025-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• adult patients, at least 18 years old
• awake, responsive patients
• language barrier (Albanian, Dari, Romanian, Turkish, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Hungarian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Kurdish (Kurmanci), Slovakian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Czech)

Exclusion Criteria

• unconscious patients
• cardiac arrest patients
• delay of treatment due to e-translation
• refusal of video-translation by the patient

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Technical Feasibility	Directly after use of video-interpreting	Occurance of technical problems will be reported
Usability of video-interpreting	Directly after use of video-interpreting	The usability will be evaluated afterwards by the anesthesiologic emergency physician using a questionnaire including following items on a 7-point Likert scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree): * Video-interpreting was easy to use.; * I feel comfortable to use video-interpreting during the situation.; * The amount of time involved to use video-interpreting has been fitting for me.; * I would use video-interpreting again.; * Video-interpreting was useful for my healthcare practice in this situation.
Impact on emergency physician's decisions	Directly after use of video-interpreting	The impact of video-translation will be evaluated regarding alteration of medical history or treatment (yes/no)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

MUVienna; 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria