Amber Hoek|Susanne C.P. Anker|Ed F. van Beeck|Alex Burdorf|Pleunie P.M. Rood|Juanita A. Haagsma
Patient Discharge Instructions in the Emergency Department and Their Effects on Comprehension and Recall of Discharge Instructions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Erasmus MC|Erasmus MC|Erasmus MC|Erasmus MC
h3study objectiveh3 conduct systematic review metaanalysis provide overview different manners providing discharge instructions emergency department ed assess effects comprehension recall 4 domains discharge instructions diagnosis treatment followup return instructions h3methodsh3 performed systematic search pubmed embase web science google scholar cochrane databases studies published march 15 2018 quality assessment included articles performed pooled proportions correct recall manner providing discharge instructions calculated h3resultsh3 total 1842 articles screened selection 51 articles included 51 included studies 12 used verbal discharge instructions 30 used written discharge instructions 7 used video correct recall verbal written video discharge instructions ranged 8 94 23 92 54 89 respectively metaanalysis performed data 1460 patients received verbal information 3395 patients received written information 459 patients received video information pooled data showed differences correct recall average 47 patients received verbal information 95 confidence interval 322 617 58 patients received written information 95 confidence interval 442 712 67 patients received video information 95 confidence interval 579 757 h3conclusionh3 communicating discharge instructions verbally patients ed may sufficient although overall correct recall significantly higher adding video written information discharge instructions showed promising results ed patients