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Use of Trigger Tools to detect harmful events and reactions in tertiary care hospital.

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Other specified disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere,
Registration Number
CTRI/2022/11/047241
Lead Sponsor
Dr Priya Mehta
Brief Summary

Introduction

⮚Traditional efforts to detect adverse events(AEs) and adverse drug reactions(ADRs) have focused on voluntary reporting and tracking of errors.

⮚However, public health researchers have established that only 10 to 20 percent of them are ever reported.

⮚Trigger tool provides an easy-to-use method for accurately identifying adverse events and adverse reactions and measuring the rate of adverse outcomes over time.

⮚The Trigger Tool methodology is a review of a random sample records of inpatient hospital cases using “triggers†(or clues) to identify possible adverse events and reactions.

⮚It’s easy, cheap and less time consuming method for ADRs and AEs reporting, which can be used by nursing staff and other paramedical staff also after training.

⮚It can become a useful method and  ADRs and AEs reporting rate could be increased using this tool.

Why this study is essential?

⮚Many studies have been done to find out ADRs and AEs using Global Trigger Tool in past in general and critical care patients records.

⮚Very less work has been done in psychiatric patient records.

⮚This tools can be used to measure the trend of ADRs and AEs in psychiatry setup of our hospital .

Association of triggers with ADRs and AEs can be measured .

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|•      **Inclusion criteria:**

⮚    Patients **≥** 18 years of age.

 â€¢      **Exclusion criteria:**

⮚    Patient being discharged in less than 24 hours of admission or stayed more than 90 days.

**Procedure**

Ø  At the end of the month from all the discharged patients’ case records,20 cases every month (according to IHI guideline) will be randomly selected by using Microsoft excel.

Ø  Each case records will be thoroughly checked for triggers using MHTT and ISI trigger tool and also for ADRs or AEs.

Ø  Expert opinion will be final to decide whether trigger caused ADRs or AEs or not.

Ø  Proportion of ADR, AE and each triggers will be calculated Also, comparison of ADRs and triggers based on age and gender will be done.

Ø  Appropriate statistical analysis carried out depending upon type of data collected.

⮚    Tools/scales to be used for measuring outcomes/variables

•      **For finding Triggers**

1. Mental Health Trigger Tool

2. IHI trigger tool for psychiatry patients

•      **For Causality Assessment:**

1. World Health Organization-UMC causality criteria

2. Naranjo scale

•      **For Severity Assessment:**

1. Modified Hartwig and Seigel severity scale

•      **For Preventability Assessment:**

1. Modified Schumock and Thornton adverse drug reaction preventability scale

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
240
Inclusion Criteria

Patients ≥ 18 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient being discharged in less than 24 hours of admission or stayed more than 90 days.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ADR And AE@ baseline
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Causality assessment,severity,preventability,age and gender wise distribution@ baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sir T Hospital,Bhavnagar

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Bhavnagar, GUJARAT, India

Sir T Hospital,Bhavnagar
🇮🇳Bhavnagar, GUJARAT, India
Dr Priya Mehta
Principal investigator
9726758223
dr.priyamehta26@gmail.com

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