CONNECT for Better Falls Prevention in VA Community Living Centers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 689
- 试验地点
- 8
- 主要终点
- Fall-related Process Measures
研究概览
简要总结
This is a randomized trial of 2 nursing home staff educational approaches to reduce falls in VA nursing home (CLC) residents. One is a traditional falls education program using web-based modules, feedback of quality indicators, and meetings with influential peers. The other is a 12 week program that trains staff to form better connections and use effective communication strategies with a diverse network of co-workers, so that problem solving about resident problems is enhanced. The study will test whether the second intervention increases the effectiveness of the traditional falls education program.
详细描述
Background:
The current standard to improve resident outcomes in VA nursing homes combines educational programs and quality improvement processes. These educational programs typically focus on individual staff members' behavior and mastery of content, and use such instructional techniques as didactic modules, audit and feedback of individual performance, and academic detailing by influential peers. However, social constructivism theory and complexity science suggests that learning is a social process that occurs within the context of the relationships and interactions of the individual in their environment. Thus, traditional QI educational programs will not result in optimal changes in staff behavior unless a context is present which allows social learning to occur.
Objectives:
Based on social constructivist theory, complexity science, and prior research we have developed an educational intervention (CONNECT) that teaches staff to improve connections within and between disciplines, improve information flow, and seek out cognitive diversity in problem-solving about resident issues. The objectives of this study are to: (a) determine whether CONNECT improves staff interaction measures, fall-related process measures, and fall rates when combined with standard training on fall risk factor reduction, and (b) use the insights gained about social constructivist learning in CLCs to develop other educational interventions that address multi-factorial geriatric syndromes and system issues such as patient safety in VA nursing homes.
Methods:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •All clinical and support staff in participating VA Community Living Centers
排除标准
- •Inability to speak and understand English
结局指标
主要结局
Fall-related Process Measures
时间窗: 6 months
The proportion of applicable fall quality indicators documented for residents with falls during the study period. Quality indicators are specific fall risk assessment or prevention activities including orthostatic blood pressure assessment, vision assessment, environmental modification (bedroom, bathroom), footwear change, physical or occupational therapy referral, psychoactive medication reduction.
次要结局
- Change in Facility Fall Rates(6 months)