Juice Preference in the Emergency Department (JUICED)

Hennepin Healthcare

Status: Completed

Conditions: All Eligible ED Patients (Not Limited to a Particular Condition)

Treatments: Other: Beverage procurement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02506478

15-3980

Details and patient eligibility

About

ED patients who are able to drink juice will be approached and asked their beverage preference.

Full description

Once per week for 26 weeks, patients will be enrolled during a randomly selected 1-hour block. The random blocks will be assigned using STATA. During these enrollment periods, all current ED patients will be screened by the treating physicians and research associates, excluding patients in the "Special Care" unit, where most patients are intoxicated with alcohol.

Eligibility for oral consumption of water and juice will be determined by treating physicians. Patients who are deemed eligible to drink water or juice will be approached and asked their beverage preferences. Their response will be recorded, and the beverage will be procured for them.

Enrollment: 385 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All Emergency Department patients, of any age, who are cleared by their treating physician to drink juice, and are able to communicate a juice preference. Patients are only enrolled during randomly selected 1-hour blocks once per week for 26 weeks.

Exclusion criteria

• Previously enrolled in the study
• Patients who are placed in the "special care" unit of the Emergency Department, which generally cares for intoxicated patients.

Trial design

385 participants in 1 patient group

ED patients

Description:

All ED patients who are able to drink water/juice, and be able to communicate juice preference.

Treatment:

Other: Beverage procurement