Effectiveness of an Nasogastric Web Application in Reducing Time to Achieve Nasogastric Tube Feeding Competency Among Informal Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 136
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Time taken to achieve competency
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this trial is to determine whether adding a nasogastric tube web application to standard face-to-face caregiver training helps informal caregivers learn nasogastric tube feeding more quickly than standard training alone.
The main question is:
Does the use of a nasogastric tube web application alongside standard face-to-face caregiver training shorten the time required for caregivers to learn nasogastric tube feeding, compared with standard training alone?
Researchers will compare two groups: caregivers who receive standard face-to-face training plus access to the web application and caregivers who only receive standard face-to-face training to see who will learn nasogastric tube feeding more quickly.
Participants will:
- Receive either standard face-to-face training plus the web application or standard face-to-face training alone when identified for nasogastric tube feeding training.
- Have their time taken to learn nasogastric tube feeding recorded.
详细描述
Nasogastric tube feeding is a technically-demanding procedure that requires both practical skill and sound clinical judgement to avoid potentially serious complications. It is therefore essential that caregivers receive adequate training to perform this task safely and effectively. Evidence suggests that digital caregiver training interventions-particularly those that include simulation-based learning and multimodal audio-visual content-can improve caregiver skills in learning and performing procedures such as nasogastric tube feeding. However, the effectiveness of a web application in improving informal caregivers' ability to perform nasogastric tube feeding has not yet been evaluated.
Assessing the usefulness of this web application may help improve existing training methods and technological supports for caregivers, enhance the quality of home-based care, strengthen continuity of care between hospital and home settings, and reduce unnecessary healthcare use.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Caregivers who will receive standard face-to-face training
- •Inclusion Criteria:
- •Individual who has been identified by the healthcare team to undergo caregiver training for nasogastric feeding to assist a patient with nutritional needs.
- •No prior training or experience in nasogastric feeding.
- •Potentially able to complete course of caregiver training for nasogastric feeding in the hospital of enrolment.
- •Aged 21 and above.
排除标准
- •Caregivers who are cognitively impaired.
- •Have received prior training for nasogastric feeding.
- •Will not be able to complete their course of caregiving training for nasogastric feeding in the hospital of enrolment.
- •Caregivers who will receive standard face-to-face training plus access to the web application
- •Inclusion Criteria:
- •Individual who has been identified by the healthcare team to undergo caregiver training for nasogastric feeding to assist a patient with nutritional needs.
- •No prior training or experience in nasogastric feeding.
- •Potentially able to complete course of caregiver training for nasogastric feeding in the hospital of enrolment.
- •Have the basic literacy skills to use the nasogastric tube web application.
- •Able to access and use the nasogastric web application over the course of their training in nasogastric tube feeding to support their learning.
- •Aged 21 and above.
- •Exclusion Criteria:
- •Caregivers who are cognitively impaired.
- •Have received prior training for nasogastric feeding.
- •Will not be able to complete their course of caregiving training for nasogastric feeding in the hospital of enrolment.
- •Have no or limited literacy ability to use the nasogastric web application
- •Unable to access and use the nasogastric web application over the course of their training in nasogastric tube feeding.
- •Inclusion Criteria:
- •Aged 50 years and above.
- •Patient whose caregiver has been identified to undergo nasogastric tube feeding training to support their nutritional needs.
- •Has mental capacity as per the approved documentation of capacity form or has a legal representative willing to provide consent to allow study team to extract medical records.
研究组 & 干预措施
Standard face-to-face training
Caregivers in this arm will receive the standard face-to-face training for nasogastric tube feeding
Standard face-to-face training plus access to the web application
Caregivers in this arm will receive the standard face-to-face training for nasogastric tube feeding plus access to the nasogastric tube web application to support their learning.
干预措施: Nasogastric tube web application (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Time taken to achieve competency
时间窗: Through study completion, an average of 1 week
Time taken in hours and minutes for caregivers to achieve competency in nasogastric tube (NG) feeding
Number of training sessions to achieve competency
时间窗: Through study completion, an average of 1 week
Number of training sessions taken for caregivers to competency in nasogastric tube feeding
次要结局
- Change in knowledge of nasogastric tube feeding(Through study completion, an average of 1 week)
- Change in confidence in performing nasogastric tube feeding(Through study completion, an average of 1 week)
- Change in preparedness for caregiving(Through study completion, an average of 1 week)
- Caregiver acceptance of the web application as a technological training aid(Through study completion, an average of 1 week)
研究者
Cheong Run Qi
Nurse Clinician
Tan Tock Seng Hospital