Clinical trial NCT02701049: Patient Centered Methods to Collect Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Status in the ED
Official title: Emergency Department Query For Patient-centered Approaches To Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Homosexuality
Gender Identity
Lead sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Johns Hopkins University
First posted: 2016-03-08
Enrollment: 749
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: This trial is the final phase of a three phase PCORI-funded study to develop and test patient-centered approaches to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) information in the ED. From the results of Phase 1 qualitative interviews and national quantitative survey and Phase 2 Delphi rounds with the Stakeholder Advisory Board, we have determined two methods of collection favored by patients and providers to implement in the trial. The first method, nurse verbal collection, is in alignment with Partners recommended clinical practice and is therefore a quality improvement (QI) evaluation. The second method, non-verbal registrar form collection with nurse verbal confirmation, is a research intervention to evaluate and compare a new patient-centered approach to SO/GI collection. To compare the patient-centeredness of the two different approaches, satisfaction surveys will be administered to ED patients and staff members involved in collection.

In summary, the study design (1) evaluates recommended current practice (QI), (2) evaluates a quality improvement project to increase recommended current practice, and (3) evaluates a new method of collecting SO/GI (research intervention).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult ED patients who are cognitively and physically capable of informed consent
* Adult ED nurses and registrars who are cognitively and physically capable of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children
* Any person not cognitively and physically capable of informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit Questionnaire (Patient)
timeFrame: Through study completion (approximately 1 year)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Staff-reported Outcomes Measure Questionnaire
timeFrame: Through study completion (approximately 1 year)
measure: Proportion of Patients Reporting SO/GI
timeFrame: Through study completion (approximately 1 year)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital
name: Adil Haider, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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