Difficult Intravenous Access Perception: Difficult IV Access - Assessment of Patient Understanding (DIVA)

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Understanding Emergency Room Procedures

Treatments: Other: Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01929304

818394b

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: Patient Perception: This aim broadly intends to use traditional script versus a brief video education vignette to determine understanding and preferences among general emergency department patients of rescue access techniques. A challenge of emergency care is providing patient education surrounding procedures in a standardized and patient-oriented manner. This data would provide insight on a patient's understanding of the risks and benefits of rescue access, assess patient preference, and potentially influence what rescue technique is employed in the future. This information may also give us insight onto why DIVA patients might refuse randomization.

Enrollment: 1,180 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• greater than or equal to 18 years of age
• fluent in English
• hemodynamically stable emergency department patient

Exclusion criteria

• history of or current status of difficult intravenous access

Trial design

1,180 participants in 2 patient groups

Video

Description:

Patients in this group will be shown an informational video, narrated in English.

Treatment:

Other: Survey

Text

Description:

Patients in this group will read a single-page printed information sheet in English.

Treatment:

Other: Survey