Status:
COMPLETED
Patient and Physician Attitudes About Informed Consent for Emergency Department (ED) Computerized Axial Tomography (CT) Scans
Lead Sponsor:
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Conditions:
Attitudes About CT Utilization
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Hypothesis: The majority of Emergency physicians and patients do not feel that specific informed consent should be obtained for ED CT scans. Secondary Hypothesis: Emergency attending physicians and r...
Detailed Description
ED residents and ED attendings who attend grand rounds will be given a survey and asked to anonymously complete the first portion before grand rounds (Figure 1, example A). The first portion will asse...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Current ED resident and attending physicians
- An ED patient (or their surrogate) that is able to understand and respond in writing to the questions given.
Exclusion
- Anyone who declines to participate.
- An ED patient who is not able to understand questions or respond in writing to the questions given (and does not have a surrogate that understands questions and respond in writing to the questions given).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
77 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01174836
Start Date
August 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
April 26 2012
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