Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Model for Dementia in Acute Care

Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Model for Dementia in Acute Care: Development, Implementation and Evaluation

The purpose of this study is to develop an interprofessional education and practice model for acute care related to dementia and evaluate its effectiveness of implementation.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Dementia
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: education and workshop; Other: education

Detailed Description

The researchers will recruit participants from a medical center (experimental group) and two regional hospitals (control group) in southern Taiwan. Both the experimental group and the control group will contain 150 healthcare professionals and 64 patients with dementia. Both of the groups will receive a six-hour dementia care course. Then, only the experimental group will receive a half-day interprofessional education workshop, maintain a six-month interprofessional practice model, and join interprofessional practice experience-sharing conferences. The evaluation of outcomes will include the analyses of healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy of dementia care. The evaluation times are to be before and after the dementia care course and after the six months of interprofessional practice. The other evaluation of outcome is comparison of the outcomes of hospitalized patients with dementia between the two groups before the interprofessional education workshop and after the interprofessional practice.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 428
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: PEI-CHAO LIN, doctoarte; Phone Number: 2609 886-7-3121101; Email: pclin@kmu.edu.tw

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Kaohsiung city, Taiwan, 807
    • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
    • Contact: Pei-Chao Lin, doctorate; Phone Number: 2609 886-7-3121101; Email: pclin@kmu.edu.tw

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthcare professionals having worked for 3 months or more
• emergency/hospitalized patients with dementia
• patients diagnosed dementia
• scoring 1 or more in Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR).

Exclusion Criteria:

• healthcare professionals working in obstetrics, pediatrics, outpatient, or hemodialysis.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: experimental group; The experimental group will not only receive six-hour dementia care course, but also a half-day interprofessional education workshop, maintain a six-month interprofessional practice model, and join interprofessional practice experience-sharing conferences.	Other: education and workshop; six-hour dementia care course, half-day interprofessional education workshop, and interprofessional practice
Active Comparator: control group; The control group will only receive six-hour dementia care course.	Other: education; six-hour dementia care course

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change of Dementia Care Knowledge	testing the change of professionals' Dementia Care Knowledge. The minimum value of this scale is 0, and the maximum value is 16. Higher scores mean having better Dementia Care Knowledge.	Before education program(pre-intervention), after education program(10 months), after the workshop(10 months), after the six months interprofessional practice(post intervention)[about 8 months]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change of dementia self-efficacy scale	testing professionals' dementia self-efficacy. The scale has not developed yet. It will be developed and test the reliability and validity in this study.	Before education program(pre-intervention), after education program(10 months), after the workshop(10 months), after the six months interprofessional practice(post intervention)[about 8 months]
mortality rate of hospitalized patients with dementia	understand the treatment outcomes of hospitalized patients with dementia before the interventions six months and after interventions six months.	about 2 years
length of stays of hospitalized patients with dementia	understand the treatment outcomes of hospitalized patients with dementia before the interventions six months and after interventions six months.	about 2 years
the incidence of fall hospitalized patients with dementia	understand the treatment outcomes of hospitalized patients with dementia before the interventions six months and after interventions six months.	about 2 years
the incidence of pain hospitalized patients with dementia	understand the treatment outcomes of hospitalized patients with dementia before the interventions six months and after interventions six months.	about 2 years
score of Beck depression inventory	testing psychological symptoms of hospitalized patients with dementia	about 2 years
score of Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)	testing behavioral symptoms of hospitalized patients with dementia	about 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): March 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): July 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): July 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 4, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 6, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 10, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 10, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 6, 2020
• Last Verified: February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: dementia; hospital; acute care; interprofessional education; interprofessional practice
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Dementia
• Other Study ID Numbers: KMUHIRB-SV(1)-20170070

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No