Providing Access to an Alternative Nurse Call

NCT04393012 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: Voxello V1R44NR016406
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 69
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To address the needs of the many patients who cannot access the standard nurse call systems Iowa Adaptive Technologies has developed the Noddle, a smart switch that can take the smallest intentional gesture a patient can make (e.g. tongue click, wink) and allow the patient to access the nurse call system and control a speech-generating device. This study will assess how patients and their nurses as well as family members perceive the impact of having a device that would allow them to summon the nurse and to be able to effectively communicate. Patients will be provided a Noddle and will be free to use it as much or a little as they like during their hospitalization. Patients will either use the Noddle just to access the nurse call system or they will use it to access the nurse call system and a speech-generating device. Patients, nurses and family members will be asked to complete an exit questionnaire prior to discharge from the hospital.

Conditions

Problems With Access to Health Care

Keywords

alternative access; patient-provider communication

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Exit Survey Responses

  Patient and Nurse Exit Surveys

  Completed on the 1 day the patient finished use of the device(s).

Study Arms (1)

Noddle Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients who received noddle to allow access to the nurse call system.

Other: Provide alternative nurse call and communication device

Interventions

Provide alternative nurse call and communication device OTHER

Evaluate impact of providing access to the nurse call system and a speech generating device.

Noddle Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients must be conscious, able to produce an intentional gesture and appropriately respond to yes/no questions.
• Patients must be severely limited in their mobility and unable to access the nurse call system and/or must be unable to use normal modes of oral and written modes of communication.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who are sedated or unconscious (patients who are sedated for limited time may be considered).
• Can access the nurse call and speak without other assistance

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Iowa Adaptive Technologies, Inc.: lead
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR): collaborator

Related Links

• Link to journal

Study Officials

• Richard R Hurtig, Ph.D.

  Iowa Adaptive Technologies Inc. (dba Voxello)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Evaluation of impact

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 11, 2020
• First Posted: May 19, 2020
• Study Start: April 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2019
• Study Completion: January 14, 2020
• Last Updated: May 19, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share