Delphi Study to Identify Crucial Steps and Errors in the Placement of Chest Tubes

Thoracic Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

Delphi Study to Identif Crucial Steps and Errors in the Placement of Chest Tubes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05623631
• Other study ID #: BC-09710
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 30, 2021
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: University Ghent
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this Delphi study is to identify the crucial steps and the errors in Chest Tube Insertion (CTI). These steps and errors will be used for the development of a new assessment tool based on international consensus.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 29
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 28, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be experts in their respective fields.
• Must hold a degree of Master in Medicine
• Must have finished the residency training specific to their field (be an attending physician)
• Must have 5 years post-residency experience
• Must have performed at least 50 CTIs independently in their career
• Must have an interest in educating and guiding junior residents in their training.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Insufficient experience in CTI
• Insufficient experience as an attending physician

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Thoracic Injuries
• Thoracic Injury

Intervention

Other:
• Survey
Surveys were distributed using REDCap, and participants were asked to complete these within 5 weeks of receiving the invitation.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Ghent University Hospital	Ghent	Oost-Vlaanderen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Ghent

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Steps and errors presented in round 1	The number of experts who propose a certain step or error	one year
Primary	Number of steps and errors passing round 2	The number of experts who agree on the inclusion of each step or error in the assessment tool on a 5-point Likert scale (Strongly disagree - Disagree - Neutral - Agree - Strongly Agree).	one year
Primary	Inclusion of steps with their descriptive anchors	The number of experts who agree on the inclusion of each step with their descriptive anchors in the assessment tool on a 5-point Likert scale (Strongly disagree - Disagree - Neutral - Agree - Strongly Agree).	one year