The study analyses only the medical language for special purpose used between experts and laypersons during doctors' visits in the internal medicine intensive care wards of the University Hospital Cologne and does not examine any diseases.
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Family members of intensive care unit (ICU) patients in one medical ICU of the University Hospital Cologne
Group 2: Physicians in one medical ICU of the University Hospital Cologne
Sponsors
Uniklinik Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age =18 years, basic German proficiency, participant of a family-physician conversation in the ICU, informed consent, no medical expertise
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Failure to comply with the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quantity and etymology of the technical terms used by intensive care unit (ICU) physicians during family-physician conversations in the ICU. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Quantity and etymology of the technical terms used by the ICU patients' family members during family-physician conversations in the ICU 2. Frequency and duration of the family-physician conversations in the ICU 3. Quantity and type of explanations of technical terms used by the medical professionals 4. Self-reported assessment of the families' own level of understanding of the provided medical information 5. Family members satisfaction with communication | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactEyleen Reifarth
Uniklinik Köln
Outcome results
None listed