U.S., Sept. 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07813325) titled 'Closing the Gap in Language With Audio Instructions: An Exploratory Pilot Study' on July 28.
Brief Summary: Significance: Not all patients can read discharge instructions even when the documentation is provided in their preferred language. Our emergency department strives to provide language-concordant discharge instructions to all patients; however, we do not have access to written instructions in Haitian creole, K'iche, or other less commonly spoken languages. Providers often give these patients discharge instructions in English, or the next closest language, such as French for our Haitian creole speaking patients, or Spanish for...