Nighttime Communication Study

Communication Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of a Family-Centered Nighttime Communication Bundle on Shared Mental-Model Building, Safety, and Patient Experience

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01836601
• Other study ID #: IRB-P00006501
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 10, 2013
• Last updated: July 28, 2015
• Start date: April 2013
• Est. completion date: November 2014

Study information

• Verified date: July 2015
• Source: Children's Hospital Boston
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study seeks to determine whether a family-centered nighttime communication intervention improves: 1) shared understanding by parents, residents, and nurses of hospitalized pediatric patient's medical plans, 2) parent-reported errors, 3) parent and provider experience of nighttime medical care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1334
• Est. completion date: November 2014
• Est. primary completion date: November 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents of patients admitted to the general pediatrics inpatient units

• Overnight nurses working on the general pediatrics inpatient units

• Overnight residents working on the general pediatrics inpatient units

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-English speaking parents

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communication

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Family-centered nighttime communication bundle

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Boston Children's Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Hospital Boston	Program for Patient Safety and Quality

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Provider and parent experience of nighttime care	This will be assessed through surveys administered to parents and providers for a subset of patients. Answers will be compared pre and post-intervention.	18 months	No
Primary	Concordance between parent, resident, and nurse reported elements of the patient action plan and overall plan	This will be assessed through surveys administered to parents, residents, and nurses for a subset of patients every evening. Parent, resident, and nurse responses will be compared pre and post-intervention.	18 months	No
Secondary	Parent-reported medical errors	This will be assessed through surveys administered to parents for a subset of patients every evening. Parent error reporting will be compared pre and post-intervention.	18 months	Yes