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Feedback on Perioperative Temperature Management and Patient Outcomes: Three-arm Trial to Compare Feedback

Primary Purpose

Surgical Site Infections, Hypothermia

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Canada
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Benchmarked Feedback
Ranked Feedback
Sponsored by
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional health services research trial for Surgical Site Infections focused on measuring Feedback, Temperature management, Anesthesia

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

  • Staff Anesthesiologists at The Ottawa Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

  • none

Sites / Locations

  • The Ottawa Hospital

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm 3

Arm Type

No Intervention

Other

Other

Arm Label

Control

Benchmarked Feedback

Ranked Feedback

Arm Description

Participants in this study arm will receive no form of feedback.

Participants in this study arm will receive benchmarked feedback regarding their perioperative temperature management.

Participants in this study arm will receive ranked feedback regarding their perioperative temperature management.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Patient peri-operative temperature

Secondary Outcome Measures

Intraoperative warming device usage perioperative
Patient post-operative surgical site infection (SSI) rate

Full Information

First Posted
March 19, 2015
Last Updated
March 20, 2020
Sponsor
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT02414191
Brief Title
Feedback on Perioperative Temperature Management and Patient Outcomes: Three-arm Trial to Compare Feedback
Official Title
Effect of Audit and Feedback on Physicians' Perioperative Temperature Management and Patient Outcomes: A Three-arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Benchmarked and Ranked Feedback
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
March 2020
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
February 2015 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
April 6, 2018 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
April 6, 2018 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
The investigators aim to assess the impact of benchmarked and ranked feedback on anesthesiologists' perioperative temperature management and subsequent patient outcomes.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Surgical Site Infections, Hypothermia
Keywords
Feedback, Temperature management, Anesthesia

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Health Services Research
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Participant
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
45 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Control
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Participants in this study arm will receive no form of feedback.
Arm Title
Benchmarked Feedback
Arm Type
Other
Arm Description
Participants in this study arm will receive benchmarked feedback regarding their perioperative temperature management.
Arm Title
Ranked Feedback
Arm Type
Other
Arm Description
Participants in this study arm will receive ranked feedback regarding their perioperative temperature management.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Benchmarked Feedback
Intervention Description
Participants receive data, during the 6 month intervention phase, regarding their monthly temperature management performance in the form of benchmarked feedback, which is the measure of their performance in comparison the standard set by the hospital.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Ranked Feedback
Intervention Description
Participants receive data, during the 6 month intervention phase, regarding their monthly temperature management performance in the form of ranked feedback, which is the measure of their performance in comparison to their peers.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Patient peri-operative temperature
Time Frame
Within the 30 minutes immediately before or the 15 minutes immediately after anesthesia end time.
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Intraoperative warming device usage perioperative
Time Frame
intraoperative
Title
Patient post-operative surgical site infection (SSI) rate
Time Frame
Within 30 days of surgery

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Staff Anesthesiologists at The Ottawa Hospital Exclusion Criteria: none
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Sylvain Boet, MD, PhD
Organizational Affiliation
The Ottawa Hospital
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
The Ottawa Hospital
City
Ottawa
State/Province
Ontario
ZIP/Postal Code
K1Y4E9
Country
Canada

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Citations:
PubMed Identifier
30159716
Citation
Boet S, Bryson GL, Taljaard M, Pigford AA, McIsaac DI, Brehaut J, Forster A, Mohamed K, Clavel N, Pysyk C, Grimshaw JM; Canadian Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group. Effect of audit and feedback on physicians' intraoperative temperature management and patient outcomes: a three-arm cluster randomized-controlled trial comparing benchmarked and ranked feedback. Can J Anaesth. 2018 Nov;65(11):1196-1209. doi: 10.1007/s12630-018-1205-0. Epub 2018 Aug 29.
Results Reference
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