Effect of personalised, mobile-accessible discharge instructions for patients leaving the emergency department: A randomised controlled trial.

Objective: This pilot study assessed the efficacy of personalised, printed and mobile-accessible discharge instructions for pain relief for patients discharged from the ED.

Methods: Patients presenting with pain caused by acute musculoskeletal or visceral complaints not requiring admission were eligible. Both groups received usual pain relief discharge advice, the intervention group received additional personalised printed and mobile-accessible discharge instructions.