Prevention of Serious Adverse Events in Acute Care Hospitals by Afferent Limb and Response Method Intervention - the ALARM Intervention Study.

NCT01949025 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: ALARM1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 69,656
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

1. 1.Summary
2. 2.Study hypothesis

Conditions

Unexpected Hospital Mortality; Death, Sudden, Cardiac; Unplanned Intensive Care Unit Admission

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• In-hospital unexpected death

  Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks

• Unplanned ICU admission

  Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks

• Cardiac arrest

  Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

ALARM intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The training of nursing and medical staff about the observation, detection, assessment and communication of deteriorating and critically ill patients and the introduction of a standardized observation and communication protocol on medical and surgical wards.

Other: ALARM intervention

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

ALARM intervention OTHER

The training of nursing and medical staff about the observation, detection, assessment and communication of deteriorating and critically ill patients and the introduction of a standardized observation and communication protocol on medical and surgical wards.

ALARM intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 17 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All patients admitted to the partaking wards during the study period (October 1st 2013 - September 30th 2015)

You may not qualify if:

• Age: ≤ 16

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universiteit Antwerpen: lead
• Belgian Federal Public Service, Food Chain Safety and Environment: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Antwerp

Wilrijk, Antwerp, 2610, Belgium

Location

Related Publications (2)

• De Meester K, Haegdorens F, Monsieurs KG, Verpooten GA, Holvoet A, Van Bogaert P. Six-day postoperative impact of a standardized nurse observation and escalation protocol: a preintervention and postintervention study. J Crit Care. 2013 Dec;28(6):1068-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.07.061. Epub 2013 Sep 6.

  PMID: 24011975 BACKGROUND

• Haegdorens F, Monsieurs KG, De Meester K, Van Bogaert P. An intervention including the national early warning score improves patient monitoring practice and reduces mortality: A cluster randomized controlled trial. J Adv Nurs. 2019 Sep;75(9):1996-2005. doi: 10.1111/jan.14034. Epub 2019 Jun 6.

  PMID: 31012124 DERIVED

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death, Sudden, Cardiac

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Arrest; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Death, Sudden; Death; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Filip Haegdorens, RN, MScN, PhD Candidate

  Universiteit Antwerpen

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Peter Van Bogaert, RN, MA, PhD

  Universiteit Antwerpen

  STUDY CHAIR

• Koenraad G. Monsieurs, MD, PhD

  Universiteit Antwerpen

  STUDY CHAIR

• Koen De Meester, RN, MScN, PhD

  Universiteit Antwerpen

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: RN, MScN, PhD Candidate

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 17, 2013
• First Posted: September 24, 2013
• Study Start: October 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2015
• Study Completion: January 1, 2017
• Last Updated: April 26, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-04

Locations

BE (1)