Effectiveness of a Mobile App in Reducing Therapeutic TAT in an Emergency Department
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorPediatric Clinical Research Platform
About this trial
This study is a single center, non-equivalent comparison group, pre-post study in a tertiary pediatric emergency department in Switzerland. the study will compare the control and experimental groups on outcome measures before (12-month period) and after (6-month period) the intervention consisting of the implementation and use of the evidence-based mobile app-the ''Patients In My Pocket in my Hospital'' (PIMPmyHospital) app.
The primary outcome will be the mean elapsed time in minutes between the delivery of lab results and the emergency department caregivers accessing them before (i.e., on the institutional electronic medical records) and after the implementation of the app (i.e, directly on the app).
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Any postgraduate residents pursuing a <6 years residency in pediatrics.
Any pediatric emergency medicine fellows.
To be registered nurses from the pediatric emergency department.
Participation agreement.
Disqualifiers
none
Trial design
Design model
Sequential
Treatments tested in this trial
PIMPmyHospital (mobile app)
DeviceAfter the implementation of the app, data will be collected prospectively over a 6-month period of use. This will include the times (HH:MM:SS) when the results issued by the central laboratory are made available on caregivers' mobile app and access times (as well as concurrent or preferred access times on the conventional computerized workstations should this occur).
Treatment groups
18 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Pre-intervention (no app)No intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Post-intervention (PIMPmyHospital app)Active comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Time to lab results review
The mean elapsed time in minutes between the delivery of the lab results and the caregiver accessing them, both before and after the implementation of the app.
Time frame
1 year (retrospective) and 6 months (prospective)Secondary outcomes
1
Unified Theory of Acceptance, and Use of Technology (UTAUT)
Acceptance of the app by participants on the first day (a priori) and then at 1 week and on the last day of the intervention will be evaluated through the Unified Theory of Acceptance, and Use of Technology (UTAUT) questionnaire. The UTAUT is a 8-construct, 31-item questionnaire. The items are measure along a 5-point Likert scale, which ranges from "strongly agree" (1) to "strongly disagree" (5).
Time frame
6 months2
System Usability Scale (SUS)
Usability of the app will be measured by the System Usability Scale (SUS). The SUS comprises a 10-item questionnaire with 5 response options for each item based on their level of agreement, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). For odd-numbered statements (the positively worded items), the score contribution is equal to the scale position minus 1. For even-numbered statements (the negatively worded items), the score contribution is equal to 5 minus the scale position. Each score contribution falls within the range of 0 to 4. The participants' scores for each item are then added up together and multiplied by 2.5 to convert the original scores of 0 to 40 to 0 to 100. The higher the score, the better the usability.
Time frame
6 months3
Emergency department length of stay
The emergency department length of stay per patient measured from the point when patients are triaged in the ED to when discharged from the ED, defined as patients leaving the ED whether admitted to the intensive care unit or ward, transferred to another hospital for admission, discharged home, or those who left without being seen.
Time frame
1 year (retrospective) and 6 months (prospective)4
Cognitive alerts
Whether specific alerts, such as a flashing icon or sound for reported pathological values of laboratory results on the mobile app have an impact on the results. This will be measured using a questionnaire that each participant using the app will answer on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from "strongly agree" (1) to "strongly disagree" (5).
Time frame
1 year (retrospective) and 6 months (prospective)Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov