Table 1.
Study design
| Study | Study design | Setting Number of patients |
Intervention | Duration of control Duration of study |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cann 2012 (19) | Pre-post | Surgical unit N = 2,184 |
Practice Partnership Model of Care (see text) | 6 months 6 months |
Study done in Australia Results reported per 100,000 patient-hours |
| Kessler 2012 (21) | Pre-post | Medical-surgical unit N not reported |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks (two-hourly from 12 am to 6 am) | 1 year 5 years |
Data reported by fiscal year Used Press Ganey survey questions |
| Olrich 2012 (24) | Pre-post | Two medical-surgical units. N = 4,418 |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks (two-hourly from 10 pm to 6 am) | 6 months 6 months |
Survey method not reported |
| Tucker 2012 (25) | Pre-post | Two orthopedic units N = 2,170 |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks | 3 months 3 months |
One-year data also collected |
| Berg 2011 (22) | Pre-post | Medical-surgical unit N responses = 286 |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks | 5 weeks 5 weeks |
Used Press Ganey survey questions Only 66% of staff gave consent to have records used |
| Saleh 2011 (20) | Pre-post | Inpatient stroke unit N = 104 |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks (two-hourly from 10 pm to 6 am) | 4 weeks 4 weeks |
Study done in Saudi Arabia |
| Gardner 2009 (26) | Non-random | Two adult surgical units N = 129 |
Hourly rounding weekdays from 4 pm until 10 pm, with specified tasks | Parallel groups 8 weeks |
Study done in Australia Described as “pilot study” |
| Woodard 2009 (5) | Pre-post | Adult surgical unit N not reported |
Two-hourly rounds with specified tasks | 1 quarter 3 quarters |
Used NRC Picker patient survey Results reported by calendar quarter Start date of intervention not reported |
| Assi 2008 (17) | Pre-post | Oncology unit N not reported |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks | Not reported 1 month |
Described as “pilot study” One-page publication of study and results |
| Bourgault 2008 (27) | Pre-post | All inpatient units (three hospitals) N not reported |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks (two-hourly from 10 pm to 6 am, no rounding if patient asleep) | 5 months 7 months |
Used HACHPS survey questions |
| Culley 2008 (23) | Pre-post | Step-down, med., surg. units N not reported |
Hourly rounds: details not reported (two-hourly from 10 pm to 6 am) | 4 weeks 4 weeks |
Poor quality of study reporting |
| Sobaski 2008 (28) | Pre-post | Cardiac telemetry unit N not reported |
Hourly or two-hourly rounds 7 am to 10 pm with specified tasks |
3 months 3 months |
Used Press Ganey survey questions |
| Tea 2008 (29) | Pre-post | Orthopedic unit N = 202 |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks | 6 months 9 months |
Outcomes measures primarily had to do with process |
| Weisgram 2008 (18) | Pre-post | Step-down telemetry unit N not reported |
Hourly rounds with specified tasks (two-hourly from 10 pm to 8 am) | Not reported 30 days |
|
| Torres 2007 (16) | Pre-post | One inpatient unit N not reported |
Two-hourly rounds with specified tasks | 3 months 9 months |
Poor quality of study reporting |
| Meade 2006 (1, 30) | Pre-post and non-random | 27 diverse units (14 hospitals) | Hourly or two-hourly rounds with specified tasks (two-hourly from 10 pm to 6 am) | 2 weeks 4 weeks |
Used various patient surveys including Press Ganey |
NRC–National Research Corporation
HCAHPS–Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems