Effect of Education on Resident Physician Knowledge of Sepsis

Sepsis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Education on Resident Physician Knowledge of Sepsis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02927054
• Other study ID #: 00075424
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 5, 2016
• Last updated: October 5, 2016
• Start date: July 2014
• Est. completion date: September 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: University of Utah
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A questionnaire was provided, including clinical vignettes and free text answers, to assess and evaluate the ability of resident physicians to identify systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, and severe sepsis. Questionnaire scores were compared between specialties. A whole-hospital educational campaign was provided with the aim to improve sepsis recognition, and the questionnaire survey was repeated after one year to assess the effect of the education on the recognition of sepsis.

Description:

Sepsis is the number one cause of mortality in US hospitals. An aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of resident physicians with different training backgrounds to recognize SIRS, sepsis, and severe sepsis. A survey assessment of the definition of SIRS, sepsis, and severe sepsis was administered to internal medicine, emergency room, orthopedic, neurosurgery, and general surgery residents. Then, an intensive educational campaign designed to improve recognition of the patient with sepsis was launched. For approximately 1 year, posters with this educational information were displayed in the hospital, one-on-one educational sessions were provided to residents, and didactic sessions focusing on sepsis were conducted. The survey was then redesigned and administered it to the same groups as described previously.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 239
• Est. completion date: September 2016
• Est. primary completion date: September 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Resident physician in an University of Utah training program

Exclusion Criteria:

Not willing to participate

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sepsis
• Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
• Toxemia

Intervention

Other:
• Sepsis Education
Education provided to hospital residents for the recognition and treatment of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis and severe sepsis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Utah

References & Publications (2)

Assunção M, Akamine N, Cardoso GS, Mello PV, Teles JM, Nunes AL, Maia MO, Rea-Neto A, Machado FR; SEPSES Study Group. Survey on physicians' knowledge of sepsis: do they recognize it promptly? J Crit Care. 2010 Dec;25(4):545-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.03 — View Citation

Poeze M, Ramsay G, Gerlach H, Rubulotta F, Levy M. An international sepsis survey: a study of doctors' knowledge and perception about sepsis. Crit Care. 2004 Dec;8(6):R409-13. Epub 2004 Oct 14. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in sepsis recognition and treatment survey score	Questionnaire scores assessing sepsis recognition and treatment at baseline compared to a similar survey following one year of whole-hospital educational campaign, across groups of residents of different training backgrounds	Baseline and 1 Year	No