Patient Recall After Orthopedic Trauma

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Education After Trauma

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational Teach Back

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05616312

STUDY20220951

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether receiving education after trauma surgeries affects three things: 1) knowledge about injury and treatment ("recall"), 2) how well patients follow treatment recommendations, and 3) how satisfied patients are with their care. To do so, some participants in this study will receive education, and some will not.

Enrollment: 216 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Isolated open or closed fracture of the pelvis and/or lower extremity treated surgically

Exclusion criteria

• Patient receiving orthopedic care or follow-up at another institution
• Non-English speaking
• Incarcerated (or likely impending incarceration)
• Currently enrolled in a study that does not permit co-enrollment
• Traumatic brain injury, dementia, or other cognitive impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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216 participants in 2 patient groups

Postoperative teach-back educational program

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will receive teach-back education while they fill out questionnaires.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational Teach Back

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients will not receive any teach-back education while filling out questionnaires.