Designing and evaluating a novel mobile application for Helping Babies Breathe skills retention in Uganda: comparative study protocol.
Helping Babies Breathe
Uganda
mobile application
newborn resuscitation
simulation
Journal
BMJ paediatrics open
ISSN: 2399-9772
Titre abrégé: BMJ Paediatr Open
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101715309
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
25
07
2019
revised:
03
08
2019
accepted:
05
08
2019
entrez:
25
9
2019
pubmed:
25
9
2019
medline:
25
9
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Over 600 000 newborns die each year of intrapartum-related events, many of which are preventable in the presence of skilled birth attendants. Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is a neonatal resuscitation training programme designed for low-resource settings that can reduce both early neonatal mortality and stillbirths. However, as in other similar educational programmes, knowledge and skill retention deteriorate over time. This trend may be counteracted by strategies such as regular simulated exercises. In this study, a mobile application (app) 'HBB Prompt' will be developed to assist providers in retaining HBB knowledge and skills. This is a comparative study in Uganda with two phases: an app development phase and an assessment phase. In the first phase, HBB trainers and providers will explore barriers and facilitators to enhance learning and maintenance of HBB skills and knowledge through focus group discussions (FGDs). The FGDs are designed with a human factors perspective, enabling collection of relevant data for the prototype version of HBB Prompt. The app will then undergo usability and feasibility testing through FGDs and simulations. In the second phase, a minimum of 10 healthcare workers from two district hospitals will receive HBB training. Only the intervention hospital will have access to HBB Prompt. All participants will be asked to practise HBB skills every shift and record this in a logbook. In the intervention site, app usage data will also be collected. The primary outcome will be comparing skills retention 12 months after training, as determined by Objective Structured Clinical Examination B scores. This study received ethics approval from The Hospital for Sick Children and Mbarara University of Science and Technology. The authors plan to publish all relevant findings from this study in peer-reviewed journals. NCT03577054.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31549001
doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000561
pii: bmjpo-2019-000561
pmc: PMC6733314
doi:
Banques de données
ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT03577054']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e000561Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: SD is a co-creator of the Augmented Infant Resuscitator. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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