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

Active Locations (1)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

1

Mbale Regional Referral Hospital

Mbale, Uganda