Juice Preference in the Emergency Department (JUICED)

Journey to Understand and Interpret Juice Preference in the Emergency Department

ED patients who are able to drink juice will be approached and asked their beverage preference.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: All Eligible ED Patients (Not Limited to a Particular Condition)
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Beverage procurement

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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 385

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55415
      • Hennepin County Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

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.

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
ED patients; All ED patients who are able to drink water/juice, and be able to communicate juice preference.	Other: Beverage 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Juice preference	Cranberry, apple, orange, or grape	1 hour

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Beverage preference	Water, juice, or both	1 hour
Ice preference	Yes or no (in any beverage)	1 hour
Alternate juice preference	For those requesting juice, they will be asked if there is an unavailable alternate flavor that he/she would prefer	1 hour

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Brian E Driver, MD, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 15, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 22, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): July 23, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 28, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 23, 2016
• Last Verified: December 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies
• Other Study ID Numbers: 15-3980