ArticlePatient education and counseling2016
"Like a dialogue": Teach-back in the emergency department.
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- A stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of nurse-delivered Teach-Back in a consumer telehealth service.PloS one · 2018Trial
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- The Use of Teach Back at Hospital Discharge to Support Self-Management of Prescribed Medication for Secondary Prevention after Stroke-Findings from A Feasibility Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Lived experiences of radiation therapists using health literacy strategies with patients-A qualitative review using interpretative phenomenological analysis.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2022Article
- Improving patient understanding on discharge from the short stay unit: an integrated human factors and quality improvement approach.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- Utilizing the "teach-back" method to improve surgical informed consent and shared decision-making: a review.Patient safety in surgery · 2022Review
- Assessment of parent understanding in conferences for critically ill neonates.Patient education and counseling · 2022Article
- Breaking through barriers: the need for effective research to promote language-concordant communication as a facilitator of equitable emergency care.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2022Article
- Teach-back of discharge instructions in the emergency department: a pre-post pilot evaluation.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTeach-back may improve communication, but has not been well studied in the emergency setting. The goal of this study was to characterize perceptions of teach-back in the emergency department (ED) by health literacy.
methodsWe conducted an in-depth interview study on the ED discharge process examining teach-back techniques in two tertiary care centers (adult and pediatric), using asthma as a model system for health communication. Participants were screened for health literacy, and purposive sampling was used to balance the sample between literacy groups. Interviews were conducted until thematic saturation was reached for each literacy group at each site; audiotaped, transcribed, coded, and analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach.
resultsFifty-one interviews were completed (31 parents; 20 patients). Across all groups, participants felt that teach-back would help them confirm learning, avoid forgetting key information, and improve doctor-patient communication. Participants with limited health literacy raised concerns about teach-back being condescending, but suggested techniques for introducing the technique to avoid this perception.
conclusionMost participants were supportive of teach-back techniques, but many were concerned about perceived judgment from providers. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Future investigations should focus on feasibility and efficacy of teach-back in the ED and using participant generated wording to introduce teach-back.
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