Patient Portal Use by Parents of Spanish-Speaking Children

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Engagement

Treatments: Behavioral: Electronic tablet provision with teaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04410380

19-1545

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patient portal access is feasible and useful for Spanish-speaking parents.

Participants will be given an electronic tablet and will be taught how to access their child's medical record and other electronic health resources using the tablet.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be parent/legal guardians of children receiving care in UNC's Children's Clinics
• Have Spanish as preferred language of individual identifying as primary caregiver
• Have never activated MyChart (patient portal)
• Have internet service at home OR ability to easily access internet service
• Have at least one child under age 13

Exclusion criteria

• Medically unstable at time of recruitment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Electronic tablet

Experimental group

Description:

Spanish-speaking parents receive electronic tablet and teaching about use

Treatment:

Behavioral: Electronic tablet provision with teaching