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Neurology Inpatient Clinical Education Trial

NCT03826056 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2022-01-11

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Summary

The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a personalized patient education program to the current hospital education and evaluate its impact using patient satisfaction scores.

The investigators hypothesize that a personalized patient education intervention will increase patient's understanding of their diagnosis and satisfaction with the care as reflected in the survey results.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Current standard discharge educational intervention

The patients will receive the current hospital standard discharge educational material which explains the diagnosis, new medications, follow up and any activity/diet restrictions. A member of the study team will explain this material to the patient and answer any questions.

BEHAVIORAL

Personalized discharge educational intervention

The patients will receive a new personalized discharge educational material which will explain the specifics of their disorder, the treatment, and prognosis. The materials will contain simple, organized explanations and graphics. A member of the study team will explain this material to the patient and answer any questions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vijay Renga, MD · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-01
Primary Completion
2021-12-07
Completion
2021-12-07

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT03826056 on ClinicalTrials.gov