Trial reportJoint Commission journal on quality and patient safety2019
Audio-Recorded Discharge Instructions for Limited English Proficient Parents: A Pilot Study.
Trial report in Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Discharge Interventions for Limited English Proficiency Patients: A Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Tools to improve discharge equity: Protocol for the pilot TIDE trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Infection prevention requires attention to patient and caregiver language: Removing language barriers from infection prevention education.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2023Article
- Pharmacists, nurses, and physicians' perspectives and use of formal and informal interpreters during medication management in the inpatient setting.Patient education and counseling · 2023Article
- 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
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Abstract
backgroundParents with limited English proficiency (LEP) demonstrate lower comprehension of discharge instructions. A study was conducted to (1) determine the feasibility of providing a greeting card with language-specific, audio-recorded discharge instructions to LEP parents; (2) describe use of and satisfaction with the cards; and (3) evaluate card effect on instruction comfort with home care and comprehension.
methodsLEP parents of children undergoing day surgery from April to September 2016 were eligible. Participants were randomized to usual discharge instructions, or usual instructions plus a three-minute card with language-specific audio instructions that could be replayed repeatedly. Parents were surveyed by telephone two to seven days postdischarge to assess card use and satisfaction, comfort with home care, and discharge instruction recall (medications, home care, follow-up, and return precautions). Parent-reported instructions were compared to instructions in the medical record; concordance was determined by two blinded reviewers. Due to difficulty achieving recruitment goals, analysis focused on feasibility and acceptability.
resultsOf 83 parents enrolled, 66 (79.5%) completed the follow-up survey. Most had not completed high school (61.0%) and spoke Spanish (89.2%). Parents reported high satisfaction with the card (4.5/5 for ease of use, helpfulness, and understandability). Ninety-four percent shared the card with others, and 45.2% reported listening > 5 times. Besides reviewing the care instructions generally, parents reported using the card to review medications and engage others in the child's care.
conclusionProviding language-concordant, audio-recorded discharge instructions was feasible, and parents reported high satisfaction with and frequent use of the cards with multiple caregivers.
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