The study investigates nursing-sensitive adverse events among critically ill patients treated in ICUs and IMCs. These include healthcare-associated infections, delirium, pressure injuries, the use of physical restraints and malnutrition or undernutrition.
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Data collection will beginn in September 2026 and will be conducted across four intensive care units (ICUs) and one intermediate care unit (IMC) at a university hospital. The observation peri
Sponsors
Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: at least 48 consecutive hours of treatment in an intensive care unit or intermediate care unit at University Hospital Jena
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: absence from the study unit for more than 5 hours
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is the determination of the frequency, severity, preventability, and types of nursing-sensitive adverse events among ICU patients based on a structured manual chart review. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Root cause analysis of selected nursing-sensitive adverse events 2. Development and training of an algorithm for the automated detection of selected nursing-sensitive adverse events 3. Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the algorithm compared with the reference standard (i.e., structured manual chart review) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactStefanie Bachnick
Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena
Outcome results
None listed