A vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Surgery; Standard vital signs monitoring versus intervention type monitoring

• Registration Number: PACTR201309000626545
• Lead Sponsor: na Kyriacos

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-08-22
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

All permanently employed nurses on day and night duty working in the six research wards.
Records of patients 14 years of age and older.
Had a general anaesthetic.
Admitted to one of the six research wards during 1 May - 31 July 2010.

Exclusion Criteria

Incomplete or unavailable records.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pre- and post-intervention test scores of nurses' knowledge by blinded independent marking;The number of patients with physiological variables recorded on the MEWS chart in intervention wards and on existing vital signs charts in control wards;Nurses' responses to high and low threshold MEWS recordings in patients' notes in the intervention wards and nurses' responses to abnormal vital signs recordings on the existing chart in control wards