Status:
COMPLETED
Family SuppleMented pAtient monitoRing afTEr suRgery: A Pilot Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Queen Mary University of London
Collaborating Sponsors:
Busitema University
Conditions:
Postoperative Care
Vital Signs
Eligibility:
All Genders
5+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To develop an intervention to train family carers to perform and document basic vital signs whilst they provide personal care to their relatives after surgery in order to supplement patient monitoring...
Detailed Description
Quality improvement (QI) interventions can be seen has having a 'hard core', the clinical processes or practices that are the focus of improvement, and a 'soft periphery', the improvement methods that...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients:
- • Patients ≥5 years of age undergoing surgery at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, who receive post-operative care in one of four main surgical wards, with a family carer prepared to participate in the trial intervention.
- Carers:
- All carers will be included in the trial if they feel they are capable of performing and documenting the basic vital signs provided they agree to participate in the trial.
- The ability to speak English, Luganda, Lugisu, Ateso or Lugwere
- The ability to read a digital clock (to measure vital signs)
- Numeracy sufficient to write numbers on the basic observation chart
Exclusion
- Patients:
- Refusal of informed consent.
- Identification of potential participant \>24hours after operative procedure has taken place
- Carers:
- • Refusal of informed consent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 13 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 12 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
1395 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04341558
Start Date
April 13 2021
End Date
November 12 2021
Last Update
September 9 2022
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Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
Mbale, Uganda