Safe Transport Algorithm and TRIPS in Neonatal Transport

Beste Ozguven Oztornaci

Status: Completed

Conditions: Transportation of Patients; Neonatal Nursing; Newborn

Treatments: Behavioral: As part of the intervention, a 10-step safe transport algorithm developed by researchers and validated by expert opinion, along with TRIPS, was displayed in clinical areas, and verbal training was pro

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07379619

22.09.2022/0379

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: Newborn babies may need to be referred to different centers to receive the care they need. It is important to improve the quality of neonatal transport to reduce infant mortality rates. This study was conducted to examine the effect of the use of transport algorithm and TRIPS (Transport Risk Index of Physiological Stability) on the knowledge level of nurses and physicians working in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Full description

The following hypotheses were tested within the scope of the research:

H1: Using structured educational interventions that include the "Safe Transport Algorithm" increases the knowledge level of neonatal nurses and physicians regarding neonatal transport.

H2: Using structured educational interventions that include the "Transport Physiological Stability Risk Index (TRIPS)" increases the knowledge level of neonatal nurses and physicians regarding neonatal transport.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Accepting to participate voluntarly in the study and working as a nurse or physician in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Exclusion criteria

• Change in the participant's workplace during the data collection process.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

involving a total of 100 volunteer healthcare professionals, including 72 nurses and 28 physicians

Experimental group

Description:

Pre-intervention, data were collected in two stages, before and after training, using a 33-item "Newborn Transport Knowledge Assessment Form" developed by researchers and validated based on expert opinions. As part of the intervention, a 10-step safe transport algorithm developed by researchers and validated by expert opinion, along with TRIPS, was displayed in clinical areas, and verbal training was provided to participants. Post intervention, data were collected in two stages, before and after training, using a 33-item "Newborn Transport Knowledge Assessment Form".

Treatment:

Behavioral: As part of the intervention, a 10-step safe transport algorithm developed by researchers and validated by expert opinion, along with TRIPS, was displayed in clinical areas, and verbal training was pro