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Improving Informed Consent Process for Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01338480
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 19, 2011
Last Update Posted : April 7, 2017
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Yen-Ko Lin, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This study is planning to develop the audiovisual videos and determine whether educational videos are superior to routine discussion for informing trauma patients in emergency department (ED) about risks, benefits, and alternatives to receiving surgery.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Trauma Surgery Other: video Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 172 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Official Title: Improving Informed Consent Process for Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department
Actual Study Start Date : November 9, 2009
Actual Primary Completion Date : October 22, 2014
Actual Study Completion Date : October 22, 2014

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: video
Participants in the intervention group watched an educational video illustrating informed consent information
 Other: video
The videos will be developed and contain information on the procedure, risks, benefits, and alternatives of the surgery. The knowledge measure instrument will also be developed.
No Intervention: control
Participants in the control group read an informed consent document.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. knowledge score [ Time Frame: immediately after the intervention ]
    The primary outcome, patient understanding of the procedure, risks, benefits, and alternatives, will be determined by quantitative scores on the written examination


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. satisfaction [ Time Frame: immediately after the intervention ]
    Secondary outcomes include patient satisfaction with the informed consent process, determined by a five-point ordinal satisfaction scale.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • scheduled to receive the surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

  • clinically unstable
  • refuse to participate
  • unable to understand the consent process for this study
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Locations
Taiwan
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 807
Sponsors and Collaborators
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yen-Ko Lin, M.D. Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
More Information
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Responsible Party: Yen-Ko Lin, Attending Physician, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01338480     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: KMUH-IRB-980361
First Posted: April 19, 2011    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: April 7, 2017
Last Verified: April 2017

Keywords provided by Yen-Ko Lin, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital:
trauma
surgery
informed consent

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Emergencies
Wounds and Injuries
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes