RECRUITING

Hearing Impairment, Strategies and Outcomes in VA Emergency Departments

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

HearVA involves six VA facility emergency departments (ED) over a 3-year intervention period. The first part of this study will test whether providing personal amplifiers to Veteran ED patients who self-report hearing difficulty is acceptable to these patients, can improve their hearing, enhance understanding of discharge instructions, and can reduce the risk of coming back to the ED in a short period of time (3 days and 30 days). The second part of the study will then identify whether ED staff can implement this program and achieve similar results. The second part will give ED staff increasing levels of responsibility for screening Veterans for hearing difficulty and providing personal amplifiers when such difficulty is detected.

Official Title

Implementing HearVA (I-HearVA)

Quick Facts

Study Start:2021-12-08
Study Completion:2024-09-30
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05028972

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:60 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * English speaking
  2. * Emergency severity index criterion of 3 (medium), 4, or 5 (low acuity)
  3. * Hearing Handicap Inventory-Screen greater than or equal to 10 or positive answer to a single-item screening question
  4. * Capacity to consent to participate in research
  1. * Inability to consent to participate in research
  2. * Emergency severity index criterion of 1-2 (high acuity)
  3. * Hearing Handicap Inventory-Screen less than 10 and negative answer to single item screening question
  4. * Inability to speak English
  5. * Using cochlear implants

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Joshua Chodosh, MD MSHS
CONTACT
(310) 478-3711
Joshua.Chodosh@va.gov
Mauricio Arcila-mesa, BS MD
CONTACT
(646) 501-4660
mauricio.arcila-mesa@va.gov

Principal Investigator

Joshua Chodosh, MD MSHS
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY

Study Locations (Sites)

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Aurora, Colorado, 80045
United States
James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Bronx, New York, 10468
United States
Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY
New York, New York, 10010-5011
United States
Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, New York, 13210
United States
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Durham, North Carolina, 27705
United States
VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dallas, Texas, 75216
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

  • Joshua Chodosh, MD MSHS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2021-12-08
Study Completion Date2024-09-30

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2021-12-08
Study Completion Date2024-09-30

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Hearing loss
  • Emergency service
  • ED Revisit
  • Communication

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Hearing Loss
  • Emergency Service
  • Hospital Readmission