Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Brittany Willer

Code:

NCT07060326

Conditions

Digital Literacy

Pediatric Surgery

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Survey using a questionnaire.

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to describe the digital literacy of caregivers of pediatric surgical patients. The investigators hypothesize that caregivers of minority race, language of care other than English, and low neighborhood opportunity will have lower prevalence of digital literacy.

Conditions

Digital Literacy

Pediatric Surgery

Study ID

NCT07060326

Start date

May 12, 2025

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Jul, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Caregivers of children <18 presenting for surgery at NCH. Primary language must be English, Spanish, Arabi, Nepali, or Somali.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are 18 years of age or older. Wards of the state. Patients who are missing address information.

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Parents / Caregivers

Parents / caregivers of pediatric patients presenting for surgery.

Interventions

Survey using a questionnaire.

REDCap Survey

Primary outcome measure

  • EDLQ digital literacy scores [ Time Frame: From enrollment to end of perioperative time. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Catherine Roth, MPH

614-722-2997catherine.roth@nationwidechildrens.org

Julie Rice-Weimer, RN

614-370-4199julie.rice-weimer@nationwidechildrens.org

Locations

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

Contacts

Catherine Roth, MPH

614-722-2997catherine.roth@nationwidechildrens.org

More Information

Sponsor

Brittany Willer

Last update posted

Aug 5, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Brittany Willer on 2026-08-05.