Tools for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI): Evaluation of Pulse Oximetry & Clinical Decision Support Algorithms in Primary Care

Summary

By introducing pulse oximetry, with or without clinical decision support algorithms, to primary care facilities in India, Kenya, Senegal and Tanzania, the Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) project aims to contribute to reducing morbidity and mortality for sick children under-five while supporting the rational and efficient use of diagnostics and medicines by healthcare providers.

The multi-country, multi-method evaluation aims to generate evidence on the health and quality of care impact, operational priorities, cost and cost-effectiveness of introducing these tools to facilitate national and international decision-making on scale-up.

Conditions

• Pneumonia
• Primary Health Care
• Child Health
• Hypoxia
• Referral and Consultation
• Decision Support Systems, Clinical
• Oxymetry

Interventions

DEVICE

Pulse oximetry

Pulse oximeters are a non-invasive, accurate and easy to use method of evaluating blood oxygen saturation

DEVICE

Clinical Decision Support Algorithm

Tablet-based clinical decision support algorithms, based on guidelines for the assessment and management of sick children under 5 years of age at primary care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ifakara Health Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• King George's Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Waterloo

  collaborator OTHER

• PATH

  collaborator OTHER

• Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Kaspar Wyss, Prof, PhD · Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

• Valérie D'Acremont, MD, PhD · Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

1 Day

Max Age

5 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-07-05

Primary Completion

2023-04-21

Completion

2023-04-21

FDA Device

Yes

Countries

• Tanzania

Study Locations