All Eligible ED Patients (Not Limited to a Particular Condition)
Conditions
Brief summary
ED patients who are able to drink juice will be approached and asked their beverage preference.
Detailed description
Once per week for 26 weeks, patients will be enrolled during a randomly selected 1-hour block. The random blocks will be assigned using STATA. During these enrollment periods, all current ED patients will be screened by the treating physicians and research associates, excluding patients in the Special Care unit, where most patients are intoxicated with alcohol. Eligibility for oral consumption of water and juice will be determined by treating physicians. Patients who are deemed eligible to drink water or juice will be approached and asked their beverage preferences. Their response will be recorded, and the beverage will be procured for them.
Interventions
OTHERBeverage procurement
All Emergency Department patients will be approached to ask their beverage preferences in a randomly permuted data collection form. If they would like juice, the flavor will be recorded and the juice (and/or water) will be procured by a research assistant if the patient would like that, though the actual procurement of the juice is not part of the study.
Sponsors
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Study design
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All Emergency Department patients, of any age, who are cleared by their treating physician to drink juice, and are able to communicate a juice preference. Patients are only enrolled during randomly selected 1-hour blocks once per week for 26 weeks.
Exclusion criteria
* Previously enrolled in the study * Patients who are placed in the special care unit of the Emergency Department, which generally cares for intoxicated patients.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Juice preference | 1 hour | Cranberry, apple, orange, or grape |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beverage preference | 1 hour | Water, juice, or both |
| Ice preference | 1 hour | Yes or no (in any beverage) |
| Alternate juice preference | 1 hour | For those requesting juice, they will be asked if there is an unavailable alternate flavor that he/she would prefer |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed