Co-designing discharge communication interventions for mental health visits to the pediatric emergency department: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discharge communication is essential to convey information regarding the care provided and follow-up plans after a visit to a hospital emergency department (ED), but it can be lacking for visits for pediatric mental health crises. Our objective was to co-design and conduct usability testing of new discharge communication interventions to improve pediatric mental health discharge communication.

Methods

The study was conducted in two phases using experience-based co-design (EBCD). In phase 1 (Sep 2021 to Jan 2022), five meetings were conducted with a team of six parents and two clinicians to co-design new ED discharge communication interventions for pediatric mental health care. Thematic analysis was used to identify patterns in team discussions and participant feed

SUBMITTER: Ali AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11191193 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature