Families and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Multidisciplinary Teams: How Well Do We Communicate

NCT01371864 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 10-1772UNCDRE
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 23
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Purpose:

• To evaluate the peri-operative communication between families and the pediatric cardiac surgery team. Method:
• In this study the investigators plan to utilize structured interview and survey of parents/legal guardians and health care providers of children undergoing cardiac surgery in the United States of America.

Conditions

Communication

Keywords

Congenital cardiac disease; Teamwork; Communication; Peri-operative

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Peri-operative risk information

  Parental and provider assessment of the content and nature of communications in the peri-operative time period. Specifically, the quantity and type of risk information required before consenting for surgery.

  1 week

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Informed decisions

  1 week

• Trust in the medical team

  1 week

• Desire for disclosure of peri-operative complications

  1 week

Study Arms (4)

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Team

This group consists of members of the cardiothoracic surgery team: The attending physician, the fellow physician, the nurses, and the physician assistants.

Critical Care Team

This group consists of the nurses and physicians who work in the pediatric intensive care unit and the neonatal intensive care unit caring for patients who require cardiothoracic surgery.

Subspecialty Team

This group consists of physicians and nurses from pediatric cardiology and pediatric anesthesiology who care for children who require cardiothoracic surgery.

Parent

This group consists of the parent or legal guardian of the pediatric patient who requires cardiothoracic surgery.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population will be selected from a tertiary care academic children's hospital including: * Inpatient population within the pediatric critical care unit, neonatal critical care unit, and the cardiac intermediate care unit. * Outpatient population including the pediatric cardiothoracic surgery clinic patients. * Hospital personnel

You may qualify if:

• Primary language is English
• \> 18 years age
• Nurse, physician, physician assistant, or parent / legal guardian of a pediatric patient who requires cardiothoracic surgery at the North Carolina Children's Hospital.

You may not qualify if:

• Primary language is not English. The interviewers all speak English as their primary language. People whose primary language is other than English will only be excluded if they do not have the ability to converse in English with the interviewers.
• \<18 years of age. The parent / legal guardian must be of age to be the primary caregiver able to make decisions for their child.
• People with an intellectual or mental impairment that prohibits their capacity to make medical decisions for their child. Our research aims to investigate the relationship between the parent / legal guardians of pediatric cardiac surgery patients who interact with the pediatric cardiac surgery multidisciplinary team. These individuals must have sufficient mental capacity to be able to provide consent for their child to undergo surgery. Individuals with intellectual or mental impairment that prohibits their ability to give consent are therefore excluded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Communication

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Cherissa C Hanson, MD

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 9, 2011
• First Posted: June 13, 2011
• Study Start: August 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2011
• Study Completion: December 1, 2011
• Last Updated: April 25, 2017

Record last verified: 2013-03

Locations

US (1)