Official Title: Information Visualization to Improve Pain Communication Between Providers Interpreters and Patients With Limited English Proficiency
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2024-06
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to pilot test a pain assessment information visualization InfoViz tool to facilitate communication about pain severity location and quality to increase mutual understanding between patients with limited English proficiency LEP interpreters and providers during pain assessment 40 participants will be enrolled and can expect to be on study for up to 4 weeks
Detailed Description: The purpose of this study is to pilot test a pain assessment information visualization InfoViz tool to facilitate communication about pain severity location and quality to increase mutual understanding between patients with limited English proficiency LEP interpreters and providers during pain assessment
The investigators focus on the LEP Hmong because pain is particularly problematic for this group The Hmong describe pain using visual metaphors that are inconsistent with providers knowledge and interpreters struggle to translate metaphors accurately between patients and providers The goals of the study are 1 to examine the feasibility of implementing the pain InfoViz tool 2 to explore congruency of patient-interpreter-provider triads mutual understanding MU of pain severity location and quality and 3 to evaluate outcome measures selected to capture satisfaction with communication pain relief and pain interference with life and explore variables identified in the InfoViz tool conceptual framework MU of pain assessment information satisfaction with communication pain diagnosis and treatment
The investigators will first collect data from 20 participants under the usual care control condition ie interpreters verbally interpreting and communicating pain descriptions followed by data collection from another 20 participants under the intervention condition ie interpreters using verbal descriptions and the InfoViz tool
The investigators believe that the pain assessment InfoViz tool will increase mutual understanding of pain severity location and quality between patients interpreters and providers and consequently lead to increased satisfaction with communication greater pain relief and reduced pain interference with daily life through better-informed diagnosis and treatment