Timing of Morning Rounds for Postpartum Hospitalized Women

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physician Rounds; Postpartum
• Interventions: Behavioral: Delayed rounds

• Registration Number: NCT02432573
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

In postpartum hospitalized women, does delayed morning rounding improve patient satisfaction?

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVE To investigate the timing of physician rounds on patient satisfaction

STUDY DESIGN Randomized, controlled, quality improvement trial

OUTCOMES Primary: score on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provers and Systems (HCAPS) survey

Secondary: score on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-28
• Study Start: 2015-05
• Study First Posted: 2015-05-04
• Primary Completion: 2015-07
• Study Completion: 2015-07
• Status Verified: 2016-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-02-11
• Last Update Posted: 2016-02-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• Delivered between 0600 and 0000
• Admitted to Memorial Hermann postpartum unit
• Patient managed by the University of Texas Physicians Group and/or obstetrics-gynecology residents

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Delayed rounding	Delayed rounds	Postpartum patients that receive physician rounding at a delayed time

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
score on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provers and Systems (HCAPS) survey	2 months	Patient will be give a modified version of the validated HCAPS survey at discharge from the hospital to assess patient satisfaction and the scores will be compared between the 2 groups.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
score on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale	2 months	Patient will be given this questionnaire at discharge from the hospital to assess risk for postpartum depression and the scores will be compared between the 2 groups.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States