Improving Outcome of Very Preterm Infants Using Collaborative Quality Improvement

Fudan University

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Morbidity;Newborn; Morality

Treatments: Behavioral: Evidence-based collaborative quality improvement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04531839

SH-EPIQ 20200826

Details and patient eligibility

About

A multicenter interventional study using evidence-based collaborative quality improvement to reduce mortality and major morbidities of very preterm infants in six neonatal centers in Shanghai

Full description

A multicenter interventional study using evidence-based collaborative quality improvement to reduce mortality and major morbidities of very preterm infants using evidence-based collaborative quality improvement interventions including benchmarking, potential better practice list, PDSA implementation and collaborative learning.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 120 days old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Infants born at >=24+0 weeks' gestation and <32+0 weeks' gestation;
2. Admitted to the participating NICUs within 7 days after birth during study period

Exclusion criteria

1. Infants with major congenital anomalies;
2. Infants who transferred to non-participating hospitals within 24 hours after birth;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention period

Experimental group

Description:

The 1.5-year period during which all six participating centers receive evidence-based collaborative quality improvement interventions including benchmarking, potential better practice list, PDSA implementation, and collaborative learning

Treatment:

Behavioral: Evidence-based collaborative quality improvement

Baseline period

No Intervention group

Description:

The 2-year period before the collaborative quality improvement intervention