Nighttime Communication Study

Boston Children's Hospital1,334 enrolled

Overview

This study seeks to determine whether a family-centered nighttime communication intervention improves: 1) shared understanding by parents, residents, and nurses of hospitalized pediatric patient's medical plans, 2) parent-reported errors, 3) parent and provider experience of nighttime medical care.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,334

Conditions

Communication

Interventions

Family-centered nighttime communication bundleBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Parents of patients admitted to the general pediatrics inpatient units * Overnight nurses working on the general pediatrics inpatient units * Overnight residents working on the general pediatrics inpatient units Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaking parents

Locations (1)

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Concordance between parent, resident, and nurse reported elements of the patient action plan and overall plan

This will be assessed through surveys administered to parents, residents, and nurses for a subset of patients every evening. Parent, resident, and nurse responses will be compared pre and post-intervention.

Time frame: 18 months

Secondary Outcomes

Parent-reported medical errors

This will be assessed through surveys administered to parents for a subset of patients every evening. Parent error reporting will be compared pre and post-intervention.

Time frame: 18 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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