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Video-Interpreting in Prehospital Emergency Medicine - Feasibility Study
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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
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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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