Impact of Implementing the Modified A-DIVA Scale on Successful Access to a Venous Line on the First Attempt

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCentre Jean Perrin

About this trial

Peripheral venous access (PVA), although commonly used, can be a difficult procedure for patients with precarious venous capital. The difficulty of insertion can lead to multiple attempts, with the consequences of pain, anxiety, delayed management and worsening of the potentially already precarious venous capital. One study assessed the risk of failure according to a score based on venous status criteria. This study first established a link between venous status criteria and the risk of failure. The criteria defined as determinants were used to establish a venous status score. The data were then repeated by analyzing the success rate as a function of the scale score. A clear link between score and risk of failure was established. It seems worthwhile to evaluate the impact of implementing this scale prior to the placement of a peripheral venous line.

The hypothesis is that obtaining a score predictive of failure would modify the therapeutic attitude of the registered nurse. They would opt for techniques that would increase their chances of success. This in turn would lead to a reduction in unsuccessful attempts, which generate pain and anxiety for the patient. Preserving venous capital by increasing first-attempt success is both a health issue for the patient and a guarantee of quality of care.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Male or female patient of legal age included in a care program requiring a VVP;

Fluency in French

Patient affiliated to a social security scheme;

Written, signed and dated informed consent.

Disqualifiers

As the A-DIVA scale specifies a search for venous access to the upper limb, any patient without an upper limb or with a condition that contraindicates VVP placement in the upper limbs will be excluded;

Patients treated as emergencies;

Patients with a language barrier or known significant cognitive or psychiatric disorders;

Patients under guardianship, curatorship, deprivation of liberty or legal protection;

Trial design

Design model

Sequential

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Training in the A-DIVA scale and its failure prediction score

    Procedure/Surgery

    Nurses are trained in the A-DIVA scale and its predictive failure score. This score enables them to adapt their approach to peripheral venous line insertion.

Treatment groups

200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Control armNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Experimental armExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Success rate of peripheral venous vein placement

Success rate of peripheral venous vein insertion on the first attempt in the 2 groups (group in which VVP insertion will be performed by nurses not trained in the A-DIVA score and group in which VVP insertion will be performed after score assessment by nurses trained in the A-DIVA score) expressed by the number of attempts equal to 1.

Time frame
1 year

Secondary outcomes

1

Total number of attempts

Total number of attempts

Time frame
1 year
2

Number of visualization techniques, alternative devices and/or third-party assistance used

Number of visualization techniques, alternative devices and/or third-party assistance used

Time frame
1 year
3

Pain score: Numerical Pain Scale

The pain score is based on a numerical pain scale ranging from 0 to 10, with 0 representing no pain and 10 representing unbearable pain.

Time frame
1 year
4

Number of years' experience of nurses since obtaining diploma in nursing

Number of years' experience of nurses since obtaining diploma in nursing

Time frame
1 year

Other outcomes

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