Video-Interpreting in Prehospital Emergency Medicine - Feasibility Study

NCT06322004 | Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1718/2022
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

50 responsive patients with language barriers will be included in this study. The prehospital emergency physician will start video-interpreting via a tablet. Feasibility, quality of communication, usability as well as changes in diagnosis and treatment will be gathered and analysed.

Conditions

Communication Barriers

Keywords

Communication barriers; Prehospital emergency medicine; Emergency medicine; Emergency physician

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Technical Feasibility

  The technical feasibility endpoint evaluates the possibility of video-interpreting. The occurrence of technical problems will be reported.

  Immediately after use of video-interpreting

• Usability of video-interpreting

  The usability will be evaluated after the rescue mission by the prehospital emergency doctor using a questionnaire including following items on a 7-point Likert scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree): * Video-translation was easy to use. * I feel comfortable to use video-translation during the situation. * The amount of time involved to use video-translation has been fitting for me. * I would use video-translation again. * Video-translation was useful for my healthcare practice in this situation.

  Immediately after use of video-interpreting

• Impact on emergency physician's decisions

  The impact of video-translation will be evaluated regarding alteration of medical history, treatment or target hospital.

  Immediately after use of video-interpreting

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Demographic parameters

  Immediately after use of video-interpreting

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

50 responsive patients treated by prehospital emergency doctors of the Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management (Medical University of Vienna/ General Hospital of Vienna) with language barrier (14 languages Albanian, Dari, Romanian, Turkish, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Hungarian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Kurdish (Kurmanci), Slovakian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Czech) will be included regarding inclusion and exclusion criteria mentioned above.

You may qualify if:

• adult patients, at least 18 years old
• awake, responsive patients
• language barrier (Albanian, Dari, Romanian, Turkish, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Hungarian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Kurdish (Kurmanci), Slovakian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Czech)

You may not qualify if:

• unconscious patients
• out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
• delay of treatment or transportation due to e-interpreting
• refusal of video-interpreting by the patient

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medical University of Vienna: lead

Study Sites (1)

Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, 1090, Austria

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Maike Fink, Dr.med.univ.

CONTACT

01/40400 41000; maike.fink@meduniwien.ac.at

Christina Hafner

CONTACT

christina.hafner@meduniwien.ac.at

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 25, 2023
• First Posted: March 20, 2024
• Study Start: February 6, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Last Updated: April 20, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

AU (1)