Sustaining Transfers through Affordable Research Translation (START): study protocol to assess knowledge translation interventions in continuing care settings

Trials

Misha Eliasziw¹  Adrian S Wagg²  C Allyson Jones⁴  Carole A Estabrooks³  Susan E Slaughter³ 

[1] Faculty of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA;Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Campus Tower, University of Alberta, Alberta, AB T6G 1K8, Canada;Faculty of Nursing, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada;Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Corbett Hall, University of Alberta, Alberta, AB T6G 2G4, Canada

关键词: Mobility;    Sustainability;    Older adults;    Long-term care;    Health care aides;    Continuing care;    Reminders;    Knowledge translation;   

Others  :  834761
DOI  :  10.1186/1745-6215-14-355

 received in 2013-05-21, accepted in 2013-10-17,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Bridging the research-practice gap is an important research focus in continuing care facilities, because the population of older adults (aged 65 years and over) requiring continuing care services is the fastest growing demographic among countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Unlicensed practitioners, known as health care aides, provide the majority of care for residents living in continuing care facilities. However, little research examines how to sustain health care aide behavior change following initial adoption of current research evidence.

Methods/Design

We will conduct a phase III, multicentre, cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) using a stratified 2 × 2 additive factorial design, including an embedded process evaluation, in 24 supportive living facilities within the health zone of Edmonton, AB, Canada. We will determine which combination of frequency and intensity of reminders most effectively sustains the completion of the sit-to-stand activity by health care aides with residents. Frequency refers to how often a reminder is implemented; intensity refers to whether a reminder is social or paper-based. We will compare monthly reminders with reminders implemented every 3 months, and we will compare low intensity, paper-based reminders and high intensity reminders provided by a health care aide peer.

Using interviews, questionnaires, and observations, Sustaining Transfers through Affordable Research Translation (START) will evaluate the processes that inhibit or promote the mobility innovation’s sustainability among health care aides in daily practice. We will examine how the reminders are implemented and perceived by health care aides and licensed practical nurses, as well as how health care aides providing peer reminders are identified, received by their peers, and supported by their supervisors.

Discussion

START will connect up-to-date innovation research with the practice of health care aides providing direct care to a growing population of older Albertans. The project’s reach extends to both supportive living and long-term care settings. Furthermore, START has the potential to introduce and sustain a broad range of innovations in various care areas, such as dementia care, wound care, and pain management – domains where the uptake and sustainability of innovations also encounter significant challenges. By identifying the optimal frequency and intensity of knowledge translation interventions, we hope to enable continuing care organizations to efficiently integrate care innovations into the day-to-day care of residents.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01746459

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Slaughter et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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