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Using mHealth Technology to Identify and Refer Surgical Site Infections in Rwanda

NCT03311399 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 653

Last updated 2019-01-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The present study aims to examine whether or not the use of mobile Health (mHealth) by community health workers (CHWs) can improve the identification of surgical site infection (SSI) and a timely return to care among patients who undergo cesarean-section surgery at a rural hospital in Rwanda.

Conditions

  • Surgical Site Infection

Interventions

OTHER

SSI Screening Tool used in home visits by CHWs

Individuals in Arm 1 will be visited at home by the sCHW who will administer the optimized SSI protocol via the mHealth device. Following the screening, the sCHWs will use the cell phone to photograph the surgical wound and record the GPS location of the visit.

OTHER

SSI Screening Tool used via phone call follow-up

Individuals in Arm 2 will be phoned by the sCHW who will administer the SSI protocol over the phone.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Partners in Health

    collaborator OTHER

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, PhD · Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-15
Primary Completion
2018-10-04
Completion
2018-10-04

Countries

  • Rwanda

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