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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedFris E, Sedlock E, Etchegaray J
Development and testing of the Stakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey (SQuIPS).
The authors created a theory-informed survey that quality improvement (QI) teams can use to understand stakeholder perceptions of an intervention. Through a cross-sectional survey of QI stakeholders, they found that The Stakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey was feasible for QI teams to use, and it identified stakeholder perspectives about QI interventions that leaders used to alter their QI interventions to potentially increase the likelihood of stakeholder acceptance of the intervention.
AHRQ-funded; HS024459.
Citation: Fris E, Sedlock E, Etchegaray J .
Development and testing of the Stakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey (SQuIPS).
BMJ Open Qual 2021 Dec;10(4). doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001332..
Keywords: Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Patient Safety, Newborns/Infants
Brei BK, Sawyer T, Umoren R
Associations between family presence and neonatal intubation outcomes: a report from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates: NEAR4NEOS.
This study looked at whether the presence of family members had an impact on neonatal tracheal intubation (TI) outcomes. This retrospective analysis looked at TIs performed in NICUs participating in the National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates (NEAR4NEOS) at 13 academic NICUS from October 2014 to December 2017. Family members were present in less than 10% of TIs, but this varied by site. Success rates were not significantly different, with the first attempt success rate at 55% with family present versus 49% and success within 2 attempts was 74% versus 66%. Adverse TI-associated events (TIAEs) were 17% versus 20% and severe oxygen desaturation was 49% versus 52%. No independent association between any of these outcomes was found with family presence.
AHRQ-funded; HS027259; HS024511.
Citation: Brei BK, Sawyer T, Umoren R .
Associations between family presence and neonatal intubation outcomes: a report from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates: NEAR4NEOS.
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2021 Jul;106(4):392-97. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319709..
Keywords: Newborns/Infants, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Registries, Patient Safety
Moyer VA, Papile LA, Eichenwald E
An intervention to improve transitions from NICU to ambulatory care: quasi-experimental study.
The authors tested whether a multifaceted intervention that included a health coach to assist families and an enhanced personal health record to improve the quality of information available to parents and community professionals would decrease adverse events and improve family assessment of the transition of infants born prematurely or with complex medical problems to home. They found that a multicomponent discharge intervention designed to address specific problems identified using Healthcare Failure Modes and Effects Analysis did not reduce certain adverse outcomes in the post-discharge period.
AHRQ-funded; HS017889.
Citation: Moyer VA, Papile LA, Eichenwald E .
An intervention to improve transitions from NICU to ambulatory care: quasi-experimental study.
BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Dec;23(12):e3. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001726.
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Keywords: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Transitions of Care
Profit J, Sharek PJ, Amspoker AB
Burnout in the NICU setting and its relation to safety culture.
The objectives of this study are three-fold: to test the psychometric properties of a brief four-item burnout scale; to provide neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) burnout and resilience benchmarking data across different units and caregiver types; and to examine the relationships between caregiver burnout and patient safety culture. The authors found that NICU caregiver burnout appears to have 'climate-like' features, is prevalent, and is associated with lower perceptions of patient safety culture.
AHRQ-funded; HS014246.
Citation: Profit J, Sharek PJ, Amspoker AB .
Burnout in the NICU setting and its relation to safety culture.
BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Oct;23(10):806-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-002831.
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Keywords: Provider: Health Personnel, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Newborns/Infants, Patient Safety
Sexton JB, Sharek PJ, Thomas EJ
Exposure to Leadership WalkRounds in neonatal intensive care units is associated with a better patient safety culture and less caregiver burnout.
The aims of this study were to evaluate the association between WalkRound (WR) feedback, patient safety culture, and caregiver burnout. It found that more WR feedback was associated with better safety culture results and lower burnout rates in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
AHRQ-funded; HS014246.
Citation: Sexton JB, Sharek PJ, Thomas EJ .
Exposure to Leadership WalkRounds in neonatal intensive care units is associated with a better patient safety culture and less caregiver burnout.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Oct;23(10):814-22. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002042..
Keywords: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Patient Safety, Caregiving, Children/Adolescents