Timing of Physician Rounds for Antepartum Patients
Purpose
This study will include patients admitted to the Antepartum service at Duke University Hospital, many of whom are managing high-risk pregnancies that require extended hospital stays and frequent physician interactions. Currently, two rounding methods are used interchangeably for patients who do not have pregnancy or delivery complications that would preclude participation in delayed daytime rounding. This randomized controlled trial will compare two rounding models: the standard model, in which patients receive two rounds (an early morning bedside encounter and a later team discussion), and the intervention model, which consolidates both rounds into a single, later-morning bedside encounter following the team's review of clinical data. The primary objective is to assess whether consolidating physician rounds into a single, later-morning encounter-referred to as discovery rounding-improves patient satisfaction with communication.
Conditions
- Physician Rounds
- Communication
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Pregnant women greater than 20 weeks gestation admitted to the antepartum list at Duke University Hospital
Exclusion Criteria
- Stillbirth - ICU admission - Admission to off-service unit - Active magnesium sulfate administration - Active severe hypertension or initiation of anti-hypertensive pathway within past 8 hours - Category II fetal heart rate tracing - Other pregnancy/delivery complication precluding delayed rounding - Unstable/unsuitable condition per overnight team or attending physician - Previously enrolled/on active board >1 day at morning rounds - Postpartum readmission - Antepartum admission within the last 4 weeks
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Active Comparator Standard Rounding |
The current standard of rounding on the Antepartum service involves a preliminarily bedside encounter with patients between 5-7am by a resident +/- medical student before an attending physician-led Antepartum team discussion from 8-9am. The patient is then rounded on for a second time in the late morning by the entire Antepartum team where patient concerns are heard and care plans for the day are relayed/reiterated/cemented. |
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Experimental Discovery Rounding |
For certain patients with appropriate clinical risk factors, our service has adopted a policy of "discovery rounding". This method involves solely electronic health record chart review prior to the 8am attending-led Antepartum team discussion where the patient's overnight events are "discovered", clinical courses discussed, and daytime plans proposed. "Discovery rounding" consolidates bedside physician-patient encounters to one mid-morning interaction, forgoing early morning disturbances. |
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Recruiting Locations
Durham, North Carolina 27710
More Details
- NCT ID
- NCT07215507
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Duke University