Timing of Morning Rounds for Postpartum Hospitalized Women (PP rounds)

February 11, 2016 updated by: Robyn Roberts, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Timing of Morning Rounds for Postpartum Hospitalized Women: A Randomized Controlled Quality Improvement Trial

In postpartum hospitalized women, does delayed morning rounding improve patient satisfaction?

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVE To investigate the timing of physician rounds on patient satisfaction

STUDY DESIGN Randomized, controlled, quality improvement trial

OUTCOMES Primary: score on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provers and Systems (HCAPS) survey

Secondary: score on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

150

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Delivered between 0600 and 0000
  • Admitted to Memorial Hermann postpartum unit
  • Patient managed by the University of Texas Physicians Group and/or obstetrics-gynecology residents

Exclusion Criteria:

- None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Standard care
Postpartum patients that receive physician rounding at current time
Experimental: Delayed rounding
Postpartum patients that receive physician rounding at a delayed time
Behavioral: Delayed rounds

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
score on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provers and Systems (HCAPS) survey
Time Frame: 2 months
Patient will be give a modified version of the validated HCAPS survey at discharge from the hospital to assess patient satisfaction and the scores will be compared between the 2 groups.
2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
score on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Time Frame: 2 months
Patient will be given this questionnaire at discharge from the hospital to assess risk for postpartum depression and the scores will be compared between the 2 groups.
2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Robyn P Roberts, MD, University of Texas

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 9, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 28, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

May 4, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 12, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 11, 2016

Last Verified

February 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HSC-MS-15-0245

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