A case study evaluation of a dementia communication skills training course for healthcare practitioners working in the acute hospital

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Dementia; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10390887
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Nottingham

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-11-21
• Last Update Posted: 4 December 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 396

Inclusion Criteria

Clinical Educators:
1. Employed by the site NHS Trust or an associated trust (for example the mental health trust providing liaison psychiatry services), with a role to provide dementia education to HCPs
2. Able and willing to attend the VOICE2 ‘train the trainers’ course and to deliver the training to healthcare practitioners in the participating NHS Trust
3. Aged over 18 years old

Healthcare Practitioners:
1. A healthcare practitioner working on one of the designated wards
2. Willing and able to complete all follow-up questionnaires and be interviewed and/or observed
3. Aged over 18 years old

Ward Managers:
1. A ward manager or deputy manager of a participating ward
2. Willing and able to be interviewed
3. Aged over 18 years old

Patients:
1. A diagnosis of dementia recorded in the medical notes
2. Admitted to a participating healthcare of the older person ward
3. Prone to distress as confirmed by the clinical team
4. Capacity to give informed consent or consultee willing to give agreement on whether the person with dementia would wish to take part
5. Willing to be interviewed and/or observed

Exclusion Criteria

Clinical Educators:
Unwilling or unable to attend the train the trainer's course dates and to complete all parts of the evaluation

Healthcare Practitioners:
Unable or unwilling to attend training dates and complete all parts of the course
Unable or unwilling to be interviewed and observed delivering care

Patients:
Likely to die within the next week (on an end-of-life pathway) or judged by the clinical team to be too unwell to participate
Lacking the capacity to give informed consent and unable to find someone willing to act as a consultee

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified