Analysis of Surgical Mortalities Using the Fishbone Model for Quality Improvement
- Conditions
- Complication of Surgical and Medical Care, Unspecified
- Interventions
- Other: observation
- Registration Number
- NCT05015959
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Brief Summary
Retrospective data analysis of mortalities and the evaluation of the quality of care offered, using the Fishbone method.
- Detailed Description
Evaluation of mortalities seen between 01 January 2017 and 31 December 2018. Analysis of the mortality decision into preventable, non-preventable and potentially preventable categories. Identifying the associated risk factors and co-morbidities in a single centre study in Johannesburg. Further analysing was performed on the subset of preventable mortalities and further do the fishbone model of quality of care. RedCap data was utilized for all data points. A further comparison was done to the MNM classification based on the team and an independent senior surgeon.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 859
All mortality of patients seen in the Department who were 18yrs or older
- incomplete data death in the Emergency department
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description mortality outcomes observation mortality classification into preventable, potentially preventable and non-prevenatable
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method mortality outcomes study period (Jan 2017 to Dec 2018) in-hospital mortality
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
🇿🇦Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa