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Video-Interpreting in Prehospital Emergency Medicine - Feasibility Study

Observational Communication Barriers

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Communication Barriers. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Austria
Next step
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Overview

50 responsive patients with language barriers will be included in this study. The prehospital emergency physician will start video-interpreting via a tablet. Feasibility, quality of communication, usability as well as changes in diagnosis and treatment will be gathered and analysed.

Primary outcome measures

  • Technical Feasibility [Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting]
  • Usability of video-interpreting [Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting]
  • Impact on emergency physician's decisions [Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
  • Demographic parameters [Time frame: Immediately after use of video-interpreting]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • adult patients, at least 18 years old
  • awake, responsive patients
  • language barrier (Albanian, Dari, Romanian, Turkish, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Hungarian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Kurdish (Kurmanci), Slovakian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Czech)

Exclusion criteria

  • unconscious patients
  • out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
  • delay of treatment or transportation due to e-interpreting
  • refusal of video-interpreting by the patient

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Study design

Observational model
Other

Study locations

Austria · 1 center
  • Medical University of Vienna — Vienna

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06322004 · 1718/2022

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗