Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Audit and Feedback Intervention With Quality Improvement Toolbox in Intensive Care

NCT ID: NCT02922101

Last Updated: 2019-01-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

21 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-30

Study Completion Date

2018-10-31

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the addition of a quality improvement toolbox to an online audit and feedback intervention in Dutch intensive care units. The toolbox comprises for each quality indicator (e.g., percentage of patients per shift whose pain is measured) a list of potential bottlenecks in the care process (e.g., staff is unaware of the prevailing guidelines for measuring pain every shift), associated recommendations for actions to solve mentioned bottlenecks (e.g., organize an educational training session), and supporting materials to facilitate implementation of the actions (e.g., a slide show presentation discussing the importance and relevance of measuring pain every shift). Half of the participating intensive care units will only receive online feedback, while the other half will additionally gain access to the integrated toolbox to facilitate planning and executing actions.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pain Management Critical Care Quality Improvement

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Audit and Feedback with toolbox

Access to an online dashboard that provides insight into clinical performance on quality indicators for pain management; including a quality improvement toolbox to facilitate planning and executing actions. Participating ICUs will receive one educational outreach visit and brief monthly telephone calls.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Audit and Feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An online dashboard that provides insight into clinical performance on pain management quality indicators. It also incorporates an empty action plan, in which participating intensive care units can define potential bottlenecks in the care process and what actions they intend to undertake to improve.

Toolbox

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A quality improvement toolbox, incorporated within the action plan, that comprises for each pain management quality indicator (e.g., percentage of patients per shift whose pain is measured) a list of potential bottlenecks in the care process (e.g., staff is unaware of the prevailing guidelines for measuring pain every shift), associated recommendations for actions to solve mentioned bottlenecks (e.g., organize an educational training session), and supporting materials to facilitate implementation of the actions (e.g., a slide show presentation discussing the importance and relevance of measuring pain every shift).

Audit and Feedback without toolbox

Same intervention, but without access to the quality improvement toolbox.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Audit and Feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An online dashboard that provides insight into clinical performance on pain management quality indicators. It also incorporates an empty action plan, in which participating intensive care units can define potential bottlenecks in the care process and what actions they intend to undertake to improve.

Interventions

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Audit and Feedback

An online dashboard that provides insight into clinical performance on pain management quality indicators. It also incorporates an empty action plan, in which participating intensive care units can define potential bottlenecks in the care process and what actions they intend to undertake to improve.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Toolbox

A quality improvement toolbox, incorporated within the action plan, that comprises for each pain management quality indicator (e.g., percentage of patients per shift whose pain is measured) a list of potential bottlenecks in the care process (e.g., staff is unaware of the prevailing guidelines for measuring pain every shift), associated recommendations for actions to solve mentioned bottlenecks (e.g., organize an educational training session), and supporting materials to facilitate implementation of the actions (e.g., a slide show presentation discussing the importance and relevance of measuring pain every shift).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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A&F Feedback Quality Improvement Toolbox

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* ICUs treating adult (18 years and above) patients
* ICUs willing and able to submit data monthly
* ICUs with a local quality improvement team of at least 1 intensivist and 1 nurse

Exclusion Criteria

* Nil
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Intensive Care Evaluation Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Prof. dr. Nicolette F. de Keizer

Full professor of Medical Informatics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Nicolette F de Keizer, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

Locations

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National Intensive Care Evaluation foundation

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

References

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Gude WT, Roos-Blom MJ, van der Veer SN, Dongelmans DA, de Jonge E, Peek N, de Keizer NF. Facilitating action planning within audit and feedback interventions: a mixed-methods process evaluation of an action implementation toolbox in intensive care. Implement Sci. 2019 Sep 18;14(1):90. doi: 10.1186/s13012-019-0937-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31533841 (View on PubMed)

Roos-Blom MJ, Gude WT, de Jonge E, Spijkstra JJ, van der Veer SN, Peek N, Dongelmans DA, de Keizer NF. Impact of audit and feedback with action implementation toolbox on improving ICU pain management: cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Dec;28(12):1007-1015. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009588. Epub 2019 Jul 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31263017 (View on PubMed)

Gude WT, Roos-Blom MJ, van der Veer SN, Dongelmans DA, de Jonge E, Francis JJ, Peek N, de Keizer NF. Health professionals' perceptions about their clinical performance and the influence of audit and feedback on their intentions to improve practice: a theory-based study in Dutch intensive care units. Implement Sci. 2018 Feb 17;13(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s13012-018-0727-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29454393 (View on PubMed)

Gude WT, Roos-Blom MJ, van der Veer SN, de Jonge E, Peek N, Dongelmans DA, de Keizer NF. Electronic audit and feedback intervention with action implementation toolbox to improve pain management in intensive care: protocol for a laboratory experiment and cluster randomised trial. Implement Sci. 2017 May 25;12(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s13012-017-0594-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28545535 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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METC_W16_271

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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