eNPAC: Evaluation of a pilot Nurse Practitioner Program to enhance primary care of residents of Aged Care facilities.

niversity of Newcastle0 sites2,000 target enrollmentAugust 29, 2023

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Not specified
Sponsor: niversity of Newcastle
Enrollment: 2000
Status: Not Yet Recruiting
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

August 29, 2023

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

niversity of Newcastle

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs): To be included in the study RACFs will be located in the Greater Hunter Region, receive the Aged Care Emergency Program, and be willing to participate in the intervention (if an intervention site).
•Aged Care Residents (intervention and control sites)
•Residential Aged Care Participants will be aged 65 years and older, however, it is expected that most will be aged 85 years or older. These participants will contribute via access to routinely collected data held within their aged care files. All residents living at a participating facility will be eligible to receive NP services if their GP signs a collaborative agreement and for data inclusion sourced from HNELHD
•Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) Registered Nurse (RN) staff
•Registered nurses from intervention sites will be invited to participate in semi\-structured interviews to contribute to the evaluation of the acceptability of the NP service. RACF staff will be eligible if they have been employed at a participating intervention site during the trial period and are employed as a Registered Nurse.
•General Practitioners
•GPs who have patients that reside at an RACF intervention site will be invited to participate in a online/phone survey and/or an interview to contribute to the evaluation of the acceptability of the NP service. GPs who have patients who reside at participating intervention RACFs and who have collaborative agreements with the NPs involved in the program will be eligible to participate.
•Nurse Practitioners
•The Nurse Practitioners involved in the implementation will be invited to participate in a qualitative interview to contribute to the evaluation of NP service implementation. Nurse practitioners who are involved in delivery of the intervention will be eligible to participate

Exclusion Criteria

•Aged Care Residents: Residents who are considered too unwell by RACF staff or who are unable to provide independent consent for the interview will be excluded following the Capacity to Consent process which clarifies that the participant understands what the research involves and is aware of what they are consenting to before consent is sought. This is completed using a structured Capacity to Consent form which asks the resident a number of specific questions about what the research will involve and checks for accuracy of understanding.
•Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) Registered Nurse (RN) staff : RACF staff who were employed at a participating intervention site but are not employed as Registered Nurses will be excluded from participation.
•General Practitioners: GPs who have patients who reside at participating intervention RACFs but do not have collaborative agreements with NPs involved in the program will be excluded from participation.