Trial reportBMC health services research2024
Patient-centered discharge summaries to support safety and individual health literacy: a double-blind randomized controlled trial in Austria.
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Possibilities and Measures to Improve Health Literacy
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Exploring patients' perspectives on patient rights in Latvia: from awareness to implementation and strengthening.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Inclusion of Diagnostic Imaging in Orthopaedic Discharge Summaries: A Quality Improvement Project.Cureus · 2025Article
- Assessing the sufficiency of patient information transfer from hospitals to psychiatric home-visit nurses: A nationwide cross-sectional survey.Global health & medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo ensure a safe patient discharge from hospital it is necessary to transfer all relevant information in a discharge summary (DS). The aim of this study was to evaluate a bundle of measures to improve the DS for physicians, nurses and patients.
methodsIn a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial, four different versions of DS (2 original, 2 revised) were tested with physicians, nurses and patients. We used an evaluation sheet (Case report form, CRF) with a 6-point Likert scale (1 = completely agree; 6 = strongly disagree).
resultsIn total, 441 participants (physicians n = 146, nurses n = 140, patients n = 155) were included in the study. Overall, the two revised DS received significant better ratings than the original DS (original 2.8 ± 0.8 vs. revised 2.1 ± 0.9, p < 0.001). Detailed results for the main domains are structured DS (original 1.9 ± 0.9 vs. revised 2.2 ± 1.3, p = 0.015), content (original 2.7 ± 0.9 vs revised 2.0 ± 0.9, p < 0.001) and comprehensibility (original 3.8 ± 1.2vs. revised 2.3 ± 1.2, p < 0.001).
conclusionWith simple measures like avoiding abbreviations and describing indications or therapies with fixed contents, the DS can be significantly improved for physicians, nurses and patients at the same time.
trial registrationFirst registration 13/11/2020 NCT04628728 at www. CLINICALTRIALS: gov , Update 15/03/2023.
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