Timing of Morning Rounds for Postpartum Hospitalized Women

Postpartum Clinical Trial

— PP rounds  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02432573
• Other study ID #: HSC-MS-15-0245
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 9, 2015
• Last updated: February 11, 2016
• Start date: May 2015
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2016
• Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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 Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physician Rounds
• Postpartum

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Delayed rounds

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital	Houston	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	score on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provers and Systems (HCAPS) survey	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	No
Secondary	score on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale	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	No