Surgical Wound Infection
Conditions
Keywords
Mobile applications, Patient discharge, Surgical wound infection, Public health surveillance, Perioperative nursing.
Brief summary
Objective: evaluate the effectiveness and usability of a mobile application for post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infection as a support system for clinical decision.
Detailed description
Introduction: Infection of the surgical site (SSI) is one of the main infections related to health care, culminating in financial losses to the health system and high morbidity and mortality, which due to increasingly shorter hospital stays, from 13 to 75% is manifested at home of the patient, requiring health professionals to act more effectively in post-discharge surveillance of this condition. Therefore, considering this problem and the constant evolution of technological resources, with the increase in access and use of smartphones by the population, it is pertinent to develop a mobile application for post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infection. Objective: evaluate the effectiveness and usability of a mobile application for post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infection as a support system for clinical decision. Method: Randomized Clinical Trial to assess effectiveness of a mobile application for post-discharge surveillance of infection of the surgical site. The study will be developed in a large hospital in the city of São Paulo and the study participants will be surgical patients. Expected results: The mobile application for post-discharge surveillance is expected to collaborate in the early detection of potential cases of surgical site infection, to be able to improve post-discharge surveillance strategies, assist in data management, decision making and actions to prevent infection of the surgical site.
Interventions
DEVICEVigiApp
mobile application containing a patient identification module; post-discharge surveillance questionnaire with questions related to signs and symptoms of SSI previously validated; possibility of attaching and sending a photograph of the surgical wound; field for exchanging messages between professional and patient; issuing an alert / reminder to fill in the data in the application; in addition to establishing interoperability with the system used by the hospital's SCIH, containing a login for each health professional, which allows access to the answers, images and messages sent by surgical patients, categorizing risk and issuing alerts in suspected cases of SSI.
Sponsors
University of Sao Paulo
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
In order to verify the effectiveness of the mobile application for post-discharge surveillance the developed infection of the surgical site, a randomized clinical trial of superiority will be carried out.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* surgical patients aged 18 to 70 years * conscious, oriented, * literate * have a smartphone compatible with the use of the application * submitted to traditional anesthetic-surgical procedure * classified as potentially contaminated * experience the postoperative period at home
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with visual impairment * physical restriction or communication problems * undergoing surgery with implants * videolaparoscopies or robotics sugery * who already have the diagnosis of SSI at the time of discharge * have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in the postoperative period
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| effectiveness of the mobile app - sensitivity | Four months | The effectiveness of the integrated mobile application for the SSI post-discharge surveillance in the correct and early identification of the SSI, through measures of sensitivity in percentage. |
| effectiveness of the mobile app - specificity | Four months | The effectiveness of the integrated mobile application for the SSI post-discharge surveillance in the correct and early identification of the SSI, through measures of specificity in percentage. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| rate of adherence | Four months | The rate of adherence will be verified, quantitatively, according to the number of patients accessing the application and according to the successful telephone contact of healthcare professionals with patients. |
| usability and user satisfaction | Four months | To assess usability and user satisfaction, the Measurement Inventory Usability Software will be used, in likert (agree and disagree), which 50 items, with user satisfaction in use in five usability dimensions: efficiency, satisfaction, usefulness , control and learning, each with 10 items. |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed