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NCT Number: NCT01471769

Video Education Intervention in the Emergency Department

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if an educational video viewed during the Emergency Department visit will improve parent knowledge of pain management, reduce parent anxiety, and change their use of analgesics at-home after discharge from the Emergency Department.

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Key information

Conditions

Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

4 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, United States

About this study

This study will investigate the use of a video instruction for parents just prior to discharge on pain treatment for their child. The investigators plan to investigate the effect of the video on knowledge because educational modules in the form of videotapes have been shown to be an effective method to improve a parent's knowledge about pain management prior to surgical procedures. Because parental anxiety has a significant impact on a child's experience of pain and video education has been shown to reduce parent anxiety before a procedure, the investigators will also evaluate if parental anxiety is reduced. Whether or not a short video will change the behavior of parents or their satisfaction with the outcome at home has not been investigated and will be an exploratory hypothesis for this study. This research will be a first step towards optimizing the outpatient care for common diagnoses in the Emergency Department.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • complaint of pain or injury and laceration, fracture or spring, contusion, crush injuries, head injury, motor vehicle collision, or burn.

Exclusion criteria

  • non- English speaking parents
  • primary caregiver not with child in Emergency Department

Treatment and study plan

Pain management video

Behavioral

6-minute video

Falls Prevention Video

Behavioral

6-minute video

Other names: Fall Prevention Video

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in parent knowledge from baseline

    Time frame: on day 0 in the ED

    A parent knowledge test will be completed by parents prior to the video intervention, immediately after the video intervention, and on day 3 after the video intervention.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in anxiety from baseline

    Time frame: on day 0 in the ED

    Parent's anxiety will be measured using a validated pain scale before and immediately after the video intervention

  2. Pain medication use

    Time frame: assessed on day 0, 1, 2, 3

    Pain medicatin use collected in a diary at-home after ED treatment

  3. Child's pain

    Time frame: on day 0, 1, 2, 3

    child's reported pain at-home after ED treatment

  4. satisfaction

    Time frame: on day 1, 2, and 3

    child and parent at-home satisfaction utilizing a validated likert scale will be assesed on day 1, 2, and 3 after ED treatment to determine if the intervention results in improved satisfaction with pain treatment after discharge home

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical College of Wisconsin

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Nov 16, 2011
Registry last updated
Dec 19, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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