Quality of Care in Centers Providing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

NCT ID: NCT05331001

Last Updated: 2022-04-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-06-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-03-30

Brief Summary

Cardiac arrest centers are specialized in treating critically ill patients with severe cardiovascular diseases, such as cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock or acute myocardial infarction. Diagnostic and therapeutic measures, such as the use of devices for extracorporeal life support, require highly specialized training and skills. Apart from extensive medical expertise, physicians and nurses may be exposed to exceptional levels of occupational stressors. Therefore, excellent medical, psychological and inter-personal training of the medical staff is essential to improve patient outcomes. Assessment of quality of care is important to provide continuous improvement in patient care and team performance. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study which examined the quality of care in cardiac arrest centers across key dimensions of quality of care. Therefore, we aim to assess a bundle of key dimensions, that is psychological strain (P), resource utilization (R), interaction (I) between doctoral and nursing staff, costs of care (C) and education (E) programs for staff (PRICE scheme). A cross-sectional study will be conducted with doctors and nurses, using a digital quesitonnaire that will cover the five dimensions of the PRICE scheme.

Conditions

Cardiogenic Shock; Myocardial Infarction; Cardiac Arrest; Extracorporeal Circulation; Complications

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Medical doctors

Medical doctors who are employed as permanent staff in a cardiac arrest center which provides extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

No interventions assigned to this group

Nurses

Nurses who are employed as permanent staff in a cardiac arrest center which provides extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult medical doctors or nurses
• Permament staff in the cardiac arrest center
• Cardiac arrest center that provides therapy with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Exclusion Criteria

• No permanent employment in a cardiac arrest center
• Non-adult staff
• Not a medical doctor or nurse
• Cardiac arrest center that does not provide therapy with ECMO

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Tharusan Thevathasan

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Carsten Skurk, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Charite University

Tharusan Thevathasan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Charite University

Central Contacts

Tharusan Thevathasan, MD

Role: CONTACT

tharusan.thevathasan@charite.de

+4915774407864

Carsten Skurk, MD

Role: CONTACT

carsten.skurk@charite.de

+4930450513702

Other Identifiers

ECMO Quality of Care

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id