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HEARt Sounds: Audio Recordings to Improve Discharge Communication for Cardiology Inpatients

NCT03735342 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 57

Last updated 2021-06-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ineffective hospital discharge communication can significantly impact patient understanding, safety, and treatment adherence. This is especially true for cardiology patients, who leave the hospital with complex discharge plans, a multitude of high-risk medications, post-procedural care instructions and recommendations for drastic lifestyle changes, all delivered in a time-pressured discharge discussion. The goal of this pilot trial is to determine if it is possible to use audio recordings to supplement usual discharge communication to improve cardiology patients' ability to understand and self-manage care after leaving the hospital.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Audio Recording

All participants will be provided with a re-playable audio recording of the discharge discussion on a portable electronic device. In addition, participants will have the option to record the discharge discussion on a personally-owned smartphone or receive access to the recording online, via the Open Recording Automated Logging System (ORALS).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dartmouth College

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul J Barr, PhD, MSc · Dartmouth College

  • Stacey L Schott, MD · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-12
Primary Completion
2019-04-19
Completion
2019-12-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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