The GLOW Trial: implementing Guidelines for hypothermia prevention with Local adaptation to keep periOperative patients Warm.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Perioperative hypothermia (defined as a body temperature less than 36°C related to undergoing surgery); Anaesthesiology - Other anaesthesiology; Surgery - Other surgery; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000814673
• Lead Sponsor: Queensland University of Technology

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-07-28
• Last Update Posted: 7 August 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12732

Inclusion Criteria

Patient participants: Adults aged 16yrs or older having undergone general or neuraxial, elective or emergency surgery at the hospital site during the site's control or intervention period will be eligible for inclusion. A random sample of patients undergoing elective surgery will be approached prior to surgery to participate in the collection of data for patient-reported outcomes (Quality of Life, self-reported wound healing) in addition to clinical outcomes collected for the main study.
Clinicians: For the implementation outcomes, clinicians will be included in implementation evaluation surveys if they have been involved in the Site Implementation Team (including registered or enrolled nurses, anaesthetic technicians, surgical and anaesthetic medical personnel). In addition, any clinician working in the perioperative department including registered or enrolled nurses, anaesthetic technicians, surgical and anaesthetic medical personnel) during the study period will be eligible to complete the surveys assessing Organisational Readiness for Implementation in addition to evaluation of the recommendations (feasibility, acceptability).

Exclusion Criteria

Patient participants
Patients receiving planned therapeutic hypothermia or undergoing local anaesthesia only, or local anaesthesia with sedation only, or sedation only will be excluded. Patients who are transferred directly to the Intensive Care Unit from operating theatres and bypass the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit will be excluded from data collection. Patients who are who are undergoing cardiac or obstetric surgery, will be excluded from data collection.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Co-primary effectiveness outcome: perioperative hypothermia (defined as a temperature less than 36°C) - assessed via health record review.[ On arrival to Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU).];Co-primary implementation outcome: the extent of temperature monitoring and active warming - assessed via health record review. [ ];Co-primary implementation outcome: the extent of temperature monitoring and active warming - assessed via health record review. [ Longitudinal analysis across all perioperative timepoints: (1) preoperatively - within hour prior to surgery and on induction (2) intraoperatively - from surgery start to surgery end (3) in PACU - from PACU admission until discharge from PACU. ]