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Trial registered on ANZCTR


Registration number
ACTRN12607000574448
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
6/11/2007
Date registered
7/11/2007
Date last updated
29/06/2012
Type of registration
Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
A observational study of staff movements and satisfaction with changes to intensive care unit room configuration
Scientific title
A observational study of staff movements and satisfaction with changes to intensive care unit room configuration
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Optimal intensive care unit room size 2527 0
Condition category
Condition code
Other 2623 2623 0 0
Conditions of unknown or disputed aetiology (such as chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis)

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Alteration of configuration and location of furniture and equipment in an ICU room for the duration of the nursing shift observed
Intervention code [1] 2256 0
Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Baseline configuration of ICU room
Control group
Uncontrolled

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 3534 0
Map of staff movements during an 8 hour shift
Timepoint [1] 3534 0
During staff shift
Primary outcome [2] 3535 0
Staff satisfaction with room configuration accessed using a questionnaire
Timepoint [2] 3535 0
At end of staff shift
Secondary outcome [1] 5915 0
No secondary outcome
Timepoint [1] 5915 0
No secondary timepoint

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
All nursing staff from Concord Repatriation General Hospital Intensive Care Unit
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
Nil

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
26/11/2007
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
40
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 483 0
2139

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 2768 0
Self funded/Unfunded
Name [1] 2768 0
Country [1] 2768 0
Australia
Primary sponsor type
Hospital
Name
Intensive Care Unit
Address
Intensive Care Unit
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Hospital Rd
Concord, NSW 2139
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 2501 0
None
Name [1] 2501 0
Address [1] 2501 0
Country [1] 2501 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 4690 0
Concord Repatriation General Hospital HREC
Ethics committee address [1] 4690 0
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Hospital Rd
Concord, NSW 2139
Ethics committee country [1] 4690 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 4690 0
04/07/2007
Approval date [1] 4690 0
12/08/2007
Ethics approval number [1] 4690 0
07/CRGH/1

Summary
Brief summary
This study is a prospective, observational study to be conducted in the (CRGH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), over a 2 month period. The aim is to determine the minimum patient room size and optimum room configuration required to provide patient care in the Intensive Care Unit.

Nursing staff from which written informed consent has been obtained will have their movements recorded during an 8 hour shift, noting their position in the room or bedspace, along with distances walked and time spent in each location, relative to the configuration of the room. Direct nursing care will not be scrutinized; only the nurse’s location in the bed area will be examined. Measurements for different room and bedspace configurations will then be compared to determine the most efficient room layout in terms of flow and distances walked. Room configurations will then be changed to determine if flow and distances walked, and staff satisfaction changes.

A questionnaire will be administered asking consenting staff on their satisfaction ratings for the various room configurations.
Trial website
Nil
Trial related presentations / publications
Nil
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 28163 0
Address 28163 0
Country 28163 0
Phone 28163 0
Fax 28163 0
Email 28163 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 11320 0
Winston Cheung
Address 11320 0
Intensive Care Unit
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Hospital Rd
Concord, NSW 2139
Country 11320 0
Australia
Phone 11320 0
02 97675000
Fax 11320 0
02 97675941
Email 11320 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 2248 0
Winston Cheung
Address 2248 0
Intensive Care Unit
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Hospital Rd
Concord, NSW 2139
Country 2248 0
Australia
Phone 2248 0
02 97675000
Fax 2248 0
02 97675941
Email 2248 0
[email protected]

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Results publications and other study-related documents

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