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Impact of Implementing Evidence-based Practice and Nurse's Behavior Change to Improve Quality of Care in Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Hospital in Bangladesh

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
Evidence Based Practice
Interventions
Behavioral: This is a pre- and post- quasi-experimental study.
Behavioral: Education with EBP
Registration Number
NCT06624540
Lead Sponsor
Hiroshima University
Brief Summary

Quality of care is crucial for preventing adverse events such as infection in the intensive care units (ICUs). The most common ICU-acquired infections include pneumonia such as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), Central Line Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract in, Medical Device Related Pressure Ulcer (MDRPU) and Pressure Ulcer (PU). This study explores the patient outcome in ICU by examining the causes and prevalence of ICU-acquired infection. The implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) to reduce infection and change the nurses practice (behavioral changes) to adhere with EBP based on simulation-based training.

General objective:

To evaluate the implementation of EBP by using recent technologies-based equipment to prevent VAP and promote behavior change among nurses for better outcome of the patient in ICU.

Specific Objectives:

1. Evaluate the efficacy of EBP including proper equipment-use for better patient outcomes in the ICU.

2. Evaluate the effectiveness of EBP education by changing nurses' behavior and determine its impact on improving patient outcomes in the ICU.

3. Examine the feasibility of evaluation process and outcomes and successful implementation of EBP in ICU.

Hypothesis:

It is hypothesize that implementing EBP in ICU, including new equipment use and nurses training, will improve patient outcome.

These research consist of three studies:

Study 1: A prospective cohort study design will be applied to estimate the prevalence of adverse events (VAP rate, MDRPU rate, PU rate, CLABSI rate), length of stay and survival rate in ICU. The patients of General ICU will be followed up after admission up to discharge or death at ICU. The investigators use the study findings for our subsequent intervention study 3 as historical data.

Study 2: A pre- and post- quasi-experimental study will be conducted for 6 months to evaluate the nurse's competency on EBP after getting 1-month EBP training. This study has 3 phases: (1) Pre-observation period to measure nurse's competency level for 2-month, (2) nurse's EBP training period with preparation for 1 month, and (3) post-implementation period to measure nurse's competency and implementation of EBP practice for 2 months. Study nurses will receive EBP training, EBP and proper equipment for patient management. The nurses will receive EBP education and training with necessary equipment, such as a close suction catheter, an endotracheal tube, a suction device, and a mouth care brush. In this study, use global standard equipment for the patients safety.

Study 3: A pre- and post- quasi-experimental study will be implemented to evaluate the efficacy of EBP implementation. The investigators use new equipment and implement EBP for patients and assess the patient outcomes. The investigators compare the findings from study 1 (as historical data) with the data from this study 3.

The investigators will compare the VAP infection prevalence and patients' outcomes related to ICU-acquired infection between pre- and post- test phase.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  • Irrespective of age and sex
  • Legal guardian of a patient consents to participation in the study
  • Intubated patients after admission.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Who stays less than 2 days at the GICU.
  • Who dies or is extubated within 2 days after admitted in the GICU.
  • ICU readmission.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Experimental: Study 2: All Nurses in GICU; Study 3: All patients admitted in the general GICUThis is a pre- and post- quasi-experimental study.Nurses: All nurses who work at GICU of DMCH Patients: all patients who will admit at the assigned GICU during the study period of DMCH
Experimental: Study 2: All Nurses in GICU; Study 3: All patients admitted in the general GICUEducation with EBPNurses: All nurses who work at GICU of DMCH Patients: all patients who will admit at the assigned GICU during the study period of DMCH
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The nurse's skill performance is related to VAP checklistStudy 2: 6 months

Measured by researcher-developed nurse's skill performance VAP related 64 items checklist; total score 140- High (112 / \>80%), Moderate (70-111 / 50-80%), Low (69 / \<50%)

Incidence rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)2 months

Incidence rate of VAP per 1000 ventilator days.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
A nurse's motivation level will be measured6 month

A nurse's motivation level will be measured by the Motivation scale. . Total 12 items, and score ranges 1 lower motivation and 10 higher motivations.

Nurses' sustained implementation measured6 months

Nurses' sustained implementation measured by Nurses sustained implementation scale. The total item is 28, and 4-point liker scale. Scores ranges from 28 (no sustainability) to 112 (good sustainability).

Organizational readiness measured6 months

Organizational readiness measured by Organizational readiness scale. Total 03 items convergent validity (r = 0.42 - 0.72) for the correlations between the shortened and longer scales.

Nurses knowledge related to VAP prevention measured.6 months

Measured by researcher modified nurses knowledge related to VAP prevention scale total 18 items.

VAP episode2 months

VAP episode per 1000 ventilation day.

Interval of VAP occurrence2 months

Interval from ICU admission to VAP occurrence

Micro-organism link to VAP2 months

After diagnosis of VAP then identify what kind organism relate to VAP.

Mortality and morbidity rate2 months

Mortality and morbidity rate of ventilated patients in ICU

Onset of VAP2 months

How many patient suffer early onset and late onset on VAP.

Length of stay ICU patients2 months

Average length of stay ICU patients.

Survival rate in ICU2 months

Average survival rate of ICU

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Dhaka Medical College Hospital

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

Hiroshima University

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Hiroshima, Kasumi 1-2-3 Minami-ku, Japan

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