Using video discharge instructions as an adjunct to standard written instructions improved caregivers' understanding of their child's emergency department visit, plan, and follow-up: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 699-704

  Bloch, Scott A ^a   Bloch, Amy J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge instructions; Emergency department instructions; Video discharge instructions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIDEORECORDING; VOMITING; WHEEZING; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ASTHMA; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VIDEO RECORDING; VOMITING; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879907733     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182955480     Document Type: Article

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