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Improving Knowledge Translation Upon Emergency Department Discharge

NCT02703389 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 136

Last updated 2020-08-10

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Summary

The amount and speed of emergency department (ED) discharge instructions often make it difficult for patients/caregivers to know the final diagnosis and to remember instructions. We hypothesize that a video on ear infections and antibiotics' role in their management will facilitate caregiver understanding and will increase the likelihood of caregivers properly following discharge instructions.

To verify this hypothesis, a large multi-centre clinical trial is needed. Prior to this, it is only ethical to conduct a smaller 'pilot' trial. Previously healthy children (6 months-5 years) diagnosed with mild ear infections at the McMaster Children's Hospital ED will be eligible to participate. If the child and caregiver decide to participate, before discharge, the caregiver will either: 1)watch the aforementioned video, 2)be given a pamphlet with the same information, or 3)standard of care (no additional information). Participants will fill a knowledge survey before discharge. The research assistant will contact all participants by phone to determine if the caregiver followed the discharge instructions.

Conditions

  • Otitis Media

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Video

Animated video explaining acute otitis media and antimicrobial stewardship.

BEHAVIORAL

Pamphlet

Contains same information as video.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • April Kam, MD · Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2020-03-31
Completion
2020-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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