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Decreasing Medication Errors by Caregivers Using a Health Literacy Intervention

NCT01294501 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 132

Last updated 2015-04-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Giving medications to children can be confusing; studies have shown that caregivers make dosing administration errors up to 50% of the time. There are many reasons that there are so many errors, including the fact that dosing for children is based on their weight, liquid medications come in many different forms, and caregivers often give medicines using kitchen teaspoons and tablespoons. Caregivers who have difficulty reading have even more difficulty understanding medication instructions. We are developing and testing a web-based educational module to teach caregivers how to give medications. We are focusing on the pediatric emergency department because we know that this population has low literacy levels, and that many antibiotics are prescribed in this setting. We anticipate that those caregivers that view the interactive module will have increased knowledge on how to give medications once they get home.

Conditions

  • Medication Administration
  • Medication Errors

Interventions

OTHER

Medication administration educational module

The Research Assistant (RA) will enter the subject's language (English or Spanish), the type of medicine (tablet/capsule, liquid, or ointment) from the antibiotic prescription, and the frequency (once a day, twice a day, three times a day, four times a day) from the antibiotic prescription into the web-based educational module on medication administration so that a tailored module will be setup for the subject. The subject will then view the educational interactive module. After the subject is done with the module, the RA will administer a verbal post-test. The post-test will include questions on medication administration as well as questions on fever assessment and management.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Anupama Subramony, MD, MBA · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Months
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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