HEARt Sounds: Audio Recordings to Improve Discharge Communication for Cardiology Inpatients
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Official title
HEARt Sounds: A Pilot Randomized Trial to Determine the Feasibility and Acceptability of Audio Recordings to Improve Discharge Communication for Cardiology Inpatients
Brief summary
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Ineffective hospital discharge communication can significantly impact patient understanding, safety, and treatment adherence. This is especially true for cardiology patients, who leave the hospital with complex discharge plans, a multitude of high-risk medications, post-procedural care instructions and recommendations for drastic lifestyle changes, all delivered in a time-pressured discharge discussion. The goal of this pilot trial is to determine if it is possible to use audio recordings to supplement usual discharge communication to improve cardiology patients' ability to understand and self-manage care after leaving the hospital.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03735342
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 57 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 11, 2018
- Primary completion
- Apr 18, 2019
- Completion
- Dec 29, 2019
- Last update posted
- Jun 29, 2021
2018 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center | Lebanon | New Hampshire | 03756 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 29, 2021 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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