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Digital Alerts for Sepsis: a Qualitative Study

NCT05741801 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2024-08-28

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Summary

Sepsis is a serious disease, most often caused by a bacterial infection, and can be treated with antibiotics. Identifying patients with sepsis as early as possible means treatment with antibiotics can be started earlier. To identify patients who may have sepsis, measurements such as high or low temperature and fast breathing rate are used to create a score showing the possibility of sepsis. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in hospitals contain the information needed to create a score and can alert a doctor or nurse that a patient may have sepsis. Research has shown that more patients get antibiotics earlier because of hospitals using this type of digital alert. Different hospitals have used different methods to create a score and use different types of digital alerts. This research wants to find out what hospital doctors and nurses think about digital alerts for sepsis and how they use them. The investigators also want to find out what patients who have had sepsis think about hospitals using these digital alerts. Understanding how these digital alerts are used and how they affect patient care can help see how they could be used better so patients can benefit.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

interviews

observations of healthcare professionals working in hospitals (outreach/sepsis team), one-on-one interviews with healthcare professionals, and focus groups or interviews with ex-patients/family members.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-04
Primary Completion
2023-07-17
Completion
2023-07-17

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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