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Photographic Email Correspondence for Pediatric Urology Post-Operative Patients

21 marca 2016 zaktualizowane przez: Mandy Rickard, McMaster Children's Hospital
A pilot research study is planned to occur within the pediatric urology service the spring of 2015. All pediatric urology patients in the immediate post-operative period of 0-14 days will be eligible for this study. This study will compare the current standard of care for managing post-operative complications (a telephone conversation with the NP) versus an experimental intervention (telephone call and an electronic photograph of the surgical site). Before the surgical patient is discharged from the hospital, consent will be obtained for participation. Once a family initiates contact with the NP with a post-operative concern they will be randomized to either the control or the experimental group. Those in the control group will receive the current standard of care, which is telephone advice only. Those in the experimental group will speak to the NP on the telephone and will be requested to send an electronic photograph of their child's surgical site to the NP for assessment and advice. Photographs will be assessed using a standardized tool by both NPs and this information will be entered into a database. The investigators will be measuring the number of emergency department (ED) and/or unplanned clinic visits in both groups. An unplanned clinic visit is defined as a visit that is required due to an unexpected complication or concern before the original scheduled post-operative follow-up as determined by the surgeon. The investigators will be tracking the number of follow-up phone calls for both groups, as well as requiring participants to complete a family/patient experience survey after speaking to the NP.

Przegląd badań

Szczegółowy opis

This study design will be a pilot randomized controlled trial. Consent for this study will be obtained within the circle of care immediately before the patient is discharged home following surgery. The families will be instructed to contact the NP by telephone with any post-operative questions or concerns they have about their child. Once the family initiates contact with the NP, they will be randomized into either the experimental (PEC) group or the control (TTC) group.

Once randomization has occurred, the NP will obtain all necessary information from the parent by addressing all points in expertise based script developed by the Pediatric Urology Team for both groups. Those randomized to the control group (TTC) will be provided recommendations based on information obtained during the standard telephone call. Families who are randomized into the PEC (experimental) group will be required to send a digital photograph of the child's surgical site to the professional email address of NP. Should they agree to send digital photographs they will be required to give consent for email correspondence, which will be emailed to them by the NP. Once they have consented they may send digital photographs to the NP of their child's surgical site, which will be assessed by both NPs using an expertise-based assessment tool. This information will be entered into REDCap. The NPs will come to a unanimous decision regarding advice to be provided and this will be communicated to the parents. Upon completion of the interaction with the NP the RA will contact the family to complete the family/patient experience survey over the telephone. Family/patient experience will be measured using an adapted validated tool "Nurse Practitioner Satisfaction Survey" consisting of 10 questions directly related to telephone interaction with the NP. This survey consists of a Likert Scale with scores ranging from 1-5 with 5 being the most positive response. Follow up telephone calls for both groups will be logged in MediTech as well as the RedCAP database. All telephone calls will be documented within the MediTech system and included in patient's chart in order to maintain current standard of care. All digital photos will be printed and placed in the patient's chart and deleted from the email server, which is the current process for those engaging in PEC.

Recruitment for this study will occur for 7 months with the aim of recruiting 40 patients per arm in order to obtain the feasibility data. However, a sample size calculation has been carried out and assuming 75% power and an alpha error of 5% using a one sided test, the required sample size to answer the definitive research question is 114 patients per group.

Data will be analyzed by comparing the number of ED and unplanned clinic visits for both groups, as well as the number of follow up phone calls received. This will be done using descriptive statistics and a t-test for independent means. Family/patient experience will also be measured between the two groups (PEC and TTC) using descriptive statistics and a t-test for independent means. Subgroup analysis will be done to determine which subgroup of post-operative patients benefit most from PEC (i.e., penile surgeries).

Typ studiów

Interwencyjne

Zapisy (Rzeczywisty)

40

Faza

  • Nie dotyczy

Kontakty i lokalizacje

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Lokalizacje studiów

    • Ontario
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Kanada, L8S 4K1
        • McMaster Children's Hospital

Kryteria uczestnictwa

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Kryteria kwalifikacji

Wiek uprawniający do nauki

Nie starszy niż 18 lat (Dziecko, Dorosły)

Akceptuje zdrowych ochotników

Nie

Płeć kwalifikująca się do nauki

Wszystko

Opis

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children aged 0-17 years who have undergone urological surgery.
  • Children within the immediate post-operative period (0-14 days).
  • Children with concerns directly related to operative site including, but not limited to catheters, stents, rashes and urine output.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Surgical patients outside the immediate post-operative period.
  • Those families who are unwilling or unable to email digital photographs.
  • Concerns related to issues other than the operative site (medications, follow up appointments, return to activities).
  • Inability to understand written consent due to language barrier

Plan studiów

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Jak projektuje się badanie?

Szczegóły projektu

  • Główny cel: Badania usług zdrowotnych
  • Przydział: Randomizowane
  • Model interwencyjny: Przydział równoległy
  • Maskowanie: Brak (otwarta etykieta)

Broń i interwencje

Grupa uczestników / Arm
Interwencja / Leczenie
Aktywny komparator: TTC
Current standard of care- a telephone call with the NP in the event of a post-operative concern where advice/interventions/reassurance is provided based on information provided by family
Standard telephone call with the nurse practitioner
Eksperymentalny: PEC
Experimental arm, the standard telephone call with the NP and the addition of a digital photograph of the surgical site for assessment prior to the administration of advice
Standard telephone call with the nurse practitioner
A digital photograph sent by the family of the surgical site

Co mierzy badanie?

Podstawowe miary wyniku

Miara wyniku
Opis środka
Ramy czasowe
Feasibility Data- Recruitment Rate
Ramy czasowe: 7 Months
Recruitment rate over 7 month enrollment period to help determine whether recruitment for a larger scale trial will be feasible
7 Months
Feasibility Data- Survey Completion
Ramy czasowe: One Year
Participants compliance with completing the patient experience questionnaire after discussion with the NP.
One Year
Feasibility Data- Engagement rate of participants in sending photos via email
Ramy czasowe: One Year
Measuring the compliance and willingness of participants to send digital photos of surgical site to NP in order to determine if larger scale trial is feasible
One Year

Miary wyników drugorzędnych

Miara wyniku
Opis środka
Ramy czasowe
Number of ED/ unplanned clinic visits in the PEC group compared to those in TTC group
Ramy czasowe: One Year
One Year
Number of follow up phone calls received from each group
Ramy czasowe: One Year
One Year
Comparing family experience of both groups
Ramy czasowe: One Year
Families will complete validated questionnaire after speaking to the NP on teh phone to evaluate experience. Both groups will complete this questionnaire and responses compared.
One Year

Współpracownicy i badacze

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Śledczy

  • Główny śledczy: Mandy Rickard, MN-NP, McMaster Children's Hospital

Daty zapisu na studia

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Główne daty studiów

Rozpoczęcie studiów

1 czerwca 2015

Zakończenie podstawowe (Rzeczywisty)

1 lutego 2016

Ukończenie studiów (Rzeczywisty)

1 lutego 2016

Daty rejestracji na studia

Pierwszy przesłany

23 marca 2015

Pierwszy przesłany, który spełnia kryteria kontroli jakości

30 marca 2015

Pierwszy wysłany (Oszacować)

2 kwietnia 2015

Aktualizacje rekordów badań

Ostatnia wysłana aktualizacja (Oszacować)

22 marca 2016

Ostatnia przesłana aktualizacja, która spełniała kryteria kontroli jakości

21 marca 2016

Ostatnia weryfikacja

1 marca 2016

Więcej informacji

Terminy związane z tym badaniem

Słowa kluczowe

Dodatkowe istotne warunki MeSH

Inne numery identyfikacyjne badania

  • 15-169

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