Data Collection
confusion, Comorbidity
Data collection occurred at different timepoints: one day before the ward round, during the ward round, and in the afternoon after the ward round.One day before the ward round, a member of the study team gathered baseline patient data including socio-demographics, patients’ conditions leading to hospitalization, ongoing medical investigations, and therapeutic treatments as well as patients’ comorbidities extracted from the electronic patient chart. Also, we calculated the Charlson Comorbidity IndexA member of the research team joined the ward round to audiotape the ward round on an iPad (Apple®). The audiotapes were later analyzed for the duration of the ward round for each patient and the occurrence of sensitive topics.After the ward round, a different blinded member of the research team interviewed patients through a face-to-face interview with a structured questionnaire to assess patients’ subjective average knowledge of their medical care (primary endpoint) as well as patients’ perception regarding participation during ward round (e.g., patients’ estimation of participation during ward round), patients’ discomfort during ward round (e.g., confusion due to medical terms used during ward round), and patients’ perception regarding quality of care (e.g., trust in the healthcare team, satisfaction with hospital stay).All data were directly entered into an electronic data file (SecuTrial®)