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NCT Number: NCT06322004

Video-Interpreting in Prehospital Emergency Medicine - Feasibility Study

50 responsive patients with language barriers will be included in this study. The prehospital emergency physician will start video-interpreting via a tablet. Feasibility, quality of communication, usability as well as changes in diagnosis and treatment will be gathered and analysed.

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Key information

Conditions

Communication Barriers

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, 1090, Austria

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Christina Hafner, DDr.

CONTACT

[email protected]

Christina Hafner, DDr.

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Maike Fink, Dr.med.univ.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • adult patients, at least 18 years old
  • awake, responsive patients
  • language barrier (Albanian, Dari, Romanian, Turkish, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Hungarian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Kurdish (Kurmanci), Slovakian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Czech)

Exclusion criteria

  • unconscious patients
  • out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
  • delay of treatment or transportation due to e-interpreting
  • refusal of video-interpreting by the patient

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Technical Feasibility

    Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting

    The technical feasibility endpoint evaluates the possibility of video-interpreting.

    The occurrence of technical problems will be reported.

  2. Usability of video-interpreting

    Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting

    The usability will be evaluated after the rescue mission by the prehospital emergency doctor using a questionnaire including following items on a 7-point Likert scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree):

    • Video-translation was easy to use.
    • I feel comfortable to use video-translation during the situation.
    • The amount of time involved to use video-translation has been fitting for me.
    • I would use video-translation again.
    • Video-translation was useful for my healthcare practice in this situation.

  3. Impact on emergency physician's decisions

    Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting

    The impact of video-translation will be evaluated regarding alteration of medical history, treatment or target hospital.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Demographic parameters

    Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting

    Following characteristics of the patients will be recorded:

    Age, Gender, primary diagnosis of the prehospital emergency physician

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Christina Hafner

CONTACT

[email protected]

Maike Fink, Dr.med.univ.

CONTACT

[email protected]

01/40400 41000

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical University of Vienna

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Mar 20, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 20, 2026

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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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