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A vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in patients

The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR201309000626545
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2013-08-22
Start date
2009-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Surgery Standard vital signs monitoring versus intervention type monitoring

Interventions

MEWS training programme for nurses
Implementation of the MEWS vital signs observation chart
Not applicable

Sponsors

Una Kyriacos
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All permanently employed nurses on day and night duty working in the six research wards. Records of patients 14 years of age and older. Had a general anaesthetic. Admitted to one of the six research wards during 1 May - 31 July 2010.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Incomplete or unavailable records.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pre- and post-intervention test scores of nurses' knowledge by blinded independent marking;The number of patients with physiological variables recorded on the MEWS chart in intervention wards and on existing vital signs charts in control wards;Nurses' responses to high and low threshold MEWS recordings in patients' notes in the intervention wards and nurses' responses to abnormal vital signs recordings on the existing chart in control wards—

Countries

South Africa

Contacts

Public ContactJennifer Jelsma

Deputy Head: Postgraduate Education

jennifer.jelsma@uct.ac.za27-21-4066401

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026