Neurology Inpatient Clinical Education Trial

Dartmouth Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Seizures; Meningitis; Myasthenia Gravis; Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Multiple Sclerosis; Encephalitis; Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus; Spondylosis; Parkinsonism; Headache; Vestibular Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Current standard discharge educational intervention; Behavioral: Personalized discharge educational intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03826056

D19046

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a personalized patient education program to the current hospital education and evaluate its impact using patient satisfaction scores.

The investigators hypothesize that a personalized patient education intervention will increase patient's understanding of their diagnosis and satisfaction with the care as reflected in the survey results.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Over the age of 18
• Must have the capacity to consent and understand the study related activities and education materials.

Exclusion criteria

• Under the age of 18
• Have a condition that impairs the ability to understand the study, its risks, and appropriately consent for the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Current standard education group

Active Comparator group

Description:

A study team member will use the current hospital standard educational material to explain the discharge diagnosis to the patient, the treatment, and the follow up needed. The study team member will also give a survey with a preaddressed envelope to each participant to complete at his or her convenience.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Current standard discharge educational intervention

New personalized education group

Experimental group

Description:

A study team member will use the new personalized educational materials to explain the discharge diagnosis to the patient, the treatment, and the follow up needed. The study team member will also give a survey with a preaddressed envelope to each participant to complete at his or her convenience.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personalized discharge educational intervention