Video-Interpreting in an Emergency Trauma Room Setting - a Feasibility Trial

NCT06596538 | Withdrawn DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1366/2023
• Study Type: observational
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: Global migration increases the likelihood of language barriers. In medical situations language barriers have a negative effect on quality of treatment and thus endanger patient safety. In-hospital settings feasibility of video-translation has been demonstrated, yet there is lack of evidence in emergency trauma rooms. There, the physicians have to deal with time-critical decisions. Aims: This feasibility trial aims to investigate technical feasibility, usability as well as the impact on decision-making (e.g. alteration of treatment strategies). Methods: In this study 50 responsive patients with language barriers will be included. The anesthesiologic emergency physician will start video-translation via a tablet. Feasibility, quality of communication, usability as well as changes in diagnosis and treatment will be gathered and analyzed.

Conditions

Communication Barriers

Keywords

Communication barriers; Language barriers; Video-Interpreting; Emergency Medicine; Emergency physician

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Technical Feasibility

  Occurance of technical problems will be reported

  Directly after use of video-interpreting

• Usability of video-interpreting

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

  Directly after use of video-interpreting

• Impact on emergency physician's decisions

  The impact of video-translation will be evaluated regarding alteration of medical history or treatment (yes/no)

  Directly after use of video-interpreting

Other Outcomes (1)

• Demographic parameters

  Directly 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

In total 50 adult patients with language barriers, who are treated in the emergency trauma room by doctors of the Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine will be included in this study. Inclusion and exclusion criteria as noted above will be followed.

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
• cardiac arrest patients
• delay of treatment due to e-translation
• refusal of video-translation by the patient

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medical University of Vienna: lead

Study Sites (1)

MUVienna

Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria

Location

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: September 19, 2024
• Study Start: September 4, 2023
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2025
• Study Completion: December 1, 2025
• Last Updated: October 3, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Locations

AU (1)