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Development and Pilot Testing of an Equity-focused and Trauma-informed Communication Intervention During Family-centered Rounds
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Equity Focused and Trauma-Informed Communication Intervention for Hospitalism in Children and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Completed, enrolled 51 participants across 1 site.
Signals
Detailed Summary
Development and pilot testing of a clinician coaching communication intervention to improve communication between medical teams and caregivers (parents, family members) of children in the hospital. Our team is specifically focused on improving partnership, respect, and collaboration with Black and Latinx caregivers of children in the hospital by incorporating elements from trauma-informed care and racial equity into a communication intervention. The investigators will explore the impact of this intervention on communication quality, caregiver trust, caregiver satisfaction, and hospital readmissions.
Study Details
Timeline
Arms & Interventions
Clinicians who receive the intervention will participate for up to 12 months, which includes completion of didactics, 8 audio-recorded clinical encounters, 4 feedback sessions, and completion of a post-intervention brief interview and survey. After completing didactic training elements, clinicians will receive coaching and professional feedback on their communication with caregivers of children in the hospital. The investigators will provide clinicians with illustrative examples from their encounters to prompt discussion and self-reflection. Caregivers of hospitalized children will not know if their clinician has received the communication intervention. The investigators will recruit 40 caregivers in this arm.
Clinicians in the wait-list control arm will initially serve as the control arm then receive the intervention to provide feasibility and acceptability data. The clinicians randomized the control arm will undergo didactics and feedback once their pre-intervention audio-recordings are complete. Caregivers of hospitalized children will not know if their clinician has yet received the communication intervention. The investigators will recruit 40 caregivers in this arm prior to clinicians receiving the intervention.
Interventions
Clinician communication intervention that includes didactic training and real-time feedback on communication behaviors during clinical encounters.