The IDC-IMPROVE Project: Addressing indwelling urinary catheter care in residential aged care
- Conditions
- Indwelling urinary catheterPublic Health - Health service researchRenal and Urogenital - Other renal and urogenital disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12624001178538
- Lead Sponsor
- National Ageing Research Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Residential aged care homes (RACH): RACHs must be approved aged care providers and have a site located in either Victoria, South Australia or Queensland; a minimum of 4 nurses (RNs and/or ENs) at the study site available for the 6 months of the intervention and data collection periods; one or more residents with an IDC at the time of enrolment in the study. Managers/Senior Leaders: employed in a RACH that has enrolled in the study and have responsibilities in managing or coordinating the overall quality of care (e.g. infection control, staff development). Nurses (ENs and RNs): employed in a RACH that has enrolled in the study; registered to practice in Australia as an EN or RN with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia; are planning to be employed at the site for duration of the study intervention.Personal care workers: employed in a RACH that has enrolled in the study.Aged care residents with IDCs: all permanent residents with IDCs who reside in a participating RACH.
RACH: they are located outside Victoria, South Australia and Queensland; are for sale (the potential individual site); have not had a resident with an IDC in prior 3 months; have fewer than 4 nurses in total (ENs and RNs) employed on the site. Managers/Senior Leaders: they anticipate leaving the RACH study site within the 5 months intervention periodNurses (ENs and RNs): they anticipate leaving the RACH study site within the 5 month intervention period or they cannot commit to completing the online IDC-IMPROVE Catheter Care Course and the Catheterisation Skills Workshops (intervention clusters only).Personal care workers: they anticipate leaving the RACH study site within the 5 month intervention period or they cannot commit to completing the online IDC-IMPROVE Catheter Care Course (intervention clusters only)Aged care residents with IDCs: have a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability that affects their ability to provide consent or they do not have proxy consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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