Video-Interpreting in Prehospital Emergency Medicine - Feasibility Study
ConditionCommunication Barriers
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMedical University of Vienna
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
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)
Disqualifiers
unconscious patients
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
delay of treatment or transportation due to e-interpreting
refusal of video-interpreting by the patient
Trial population
50 responsive patients treated by prehospital emergency doctors of the Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management (Medical University of Vienna/ General Hospital of Vienna) with language barrier (14 languages Albanian, Dari, Romanian, Turkish, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Hungarian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Kurdish (Kurmanci), Slovakian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Czech) will be included regarding inclusion and exclusion criteria mentioned above.
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
No trial groups listed
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Technical Feasibility
The technical feasibility endpoint evaluates the possibility of video-interpreting. The occurrence of technical problems will be reported.
Time frame
Immediately after use of video-interpreting2
Usability of video-interpreting
The usability will be evaluated after the rescue mission by the prehospital emergency doctor using a questionnaire including following items on a 7-point Likert scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree): * Video-translation was easy to use. * I feel comfortable to use video-translation during the situation. * The amount of time involved to use video-translation has been fitting for me. * I would use video-translation again. * Video-translation was useful for my healthcare practice in this situation.
Time frame
Immediately after use of video-interpreting3
Impact on emergency physician's decisions
The impact of video-translation will be evaluated regarding alteration of medical history, treatment or target hospital.
Time frame
Immediately after use of video-interpretingSecondary outcomes
1
Demographic parameters
Following characteristics of the patients will be recorded: Age, Gender, primary diagnosis of the prehospital emergency physician
Time frame
Immediately after use of video-interpretingSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov