Table 1 Prospective longitudinal research trial on the effect of microsystem model on variable aspects of health care. (last updated on Oct 25th, 2016)
From: Introduction of microsystems in a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit—an interprofessional approach
Title | Description | Sample Sizea | Stage of study |
|---|---|---|---|
Effect of microsystem model of care on: | |||
Administrative domain | |||
1. Overarching paper | The objective, framework and purpose of the study | NA | Intervention completed in May 2014, manuscript submitted |
2. Prediction of parental stress in NICU | Correlation of salivary cortisol level and questionnaire in predicting stress level | 150 | Data analysis in progress, poster presented |
3. Health care administration pre and post microsystem | Cost, length of stay, patient flow in NICU pre- and post-implementation of microsystem | 1 year pre- and 1 year post-implementation | Data analysis in progress |
Patient domain | |||
1. Stress level of HCP, parents and patients in NICU | Salivary cortisol level in HCP, parents and patients | 150 | Samples analysed, correlation analysis in progress |
2. Parental stress in NICU | Parent questionnaire | 150 | Data analysis in progress |
3. Neonatal stress response and long term outcome in infants hospitalized in NICU | Correlation of salivary cortisol level and long-term outcome | 60 | Data analysis in progress |
Health care domain | |||
4. Short-term outcome of hospitalized infants in NICU | Incidence of ROP, BPD, NEC, sepsis, time on invasive ventilator, blood transfusion, length of stay | 200 | Data analysis in progress |
5. Nutrition and growth of hospitalized infants in NICU | Time of feed initiation, time to full feed, number of NPO days, weight gain | 200 | Data analysis in progress |
6. Long-term outcome of hospitalized infants in NICU | Neurodevelopmental outcome and number of re-hospitalizations in the graduates of NICU | 200 | Data analysis in progress |
Process of care domain | |||
7. Primary care of hospitalized infants in NICU | Number of changes in the primary health care professionals involved in the care of infants | 200 | Data analysed, draft of manuscript prepared, submission pending on acceptance of manuscript #1 (overarching paper) |
8. Workload of health care professionals | Number of bed movements and nursing workload distribution | 1 year pre- and 1 year post-implementation | Data analysed, draft of manuscript prepared, submission pending on acceptance of manuscript #1 (overarching paper) |
9. Health environment in NICU | Noise level in NICU environment | 1 year pre- and 1 year post-implementation | Data analysed, draft of manuscript prepared, submission pending on acceptance of manuscript #1 (overarching paper) |
10. Use of resources in NICU | Laboratory, radiological and microbiology resource use | 1 year pre-and 1 year post-implementation | Data analysed, draft of manuscript prepared, submission pending on acceptance of manuscript #1 (overarching paper) |