Implementing a knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: feasibility results from the Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Study (ViDOS)
Courtney C Kennedy, Lehana Thabane, George Ioannidis, Jonathan D Adachi, Alexandra Papaioannou, ViDOS Investigators, Courtney C Kennedy, Lehana Thabane, George Ioannidis, Jonathan D Adachi, Alexandra Papaioannou, ViDOS Investigators
Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of implementing an interdisciplinary, multifaceted knowledge translation intervention within long-term care (LTC) and to identify any challenges that should be considered in designing future studies.
Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial.
Setting: Forty LTC homes across the province of Ontario, Canada.
Participants: LTC teams composed of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other staff.
Measurements: Cluster-level feasibility measures, including recruitment, retention, data completion, and participation in the intervention. A process evaluation was completed by directors of care indicating which process/policy changes had been implemented.
Results: Recruitment and retention rates were 22% and 63%, respectively. Good fidelity with the intervention was achieved, including attendance at educational meetings. After ViDOS, 7 process indicators were being newly implemented by more than 50% of active intervention homes.
Conclusion: Despite recruitment and retention challenges, the multifaceted intervention produced a number of policy/process changes and had good intervention fidelity. This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01398527.
Keywords: Long-term care; feasibility; fractures; knowledge translation; osteoporosis; process.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Copyright © 2014. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Source: PubMed