Title |
CONNECT for quality: protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve fall prevention in nursing homes
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Published in |
Implementation Science, February 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1748-5908-7-11 |
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Authors |
Ruth A Anderson, Kirsten Corazzini, Kristie Porter, Kathryn Daily, Reuben R McDaniel, Cathleen Colón-Emeric |
Abstract |
Quality improvement (QI) programs focused on mastery of content by individual staff members are the current standard to improve resident outcomes in nursing homes. However, complexity science suggests that learning is a social process that occurs within the context of relationships and interactions among individuals. Thus, QI programs will not result in optimal changes in staff behavior unless the context for social learning is present. Accordingly, we developed CONNECT, an intervention to foster systematic use of management practices, which we propose will enhance effectiveness of a nursing home Falls QI program by strengthening the staff-to-staff interactions necessary for clinical problem-solving about complex problems such as falls. The study aims are to compare the impact of the CONNECT intervention, plus a falls reduction QI intervention (CONNECT + FALLS), to the falls reduction QI intervention alone (FALLS), on fall-related process measures, fall rates, and staff interaction measures. |
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United States | 2 | 33% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
Spain | 1 | 17% |
Georgia | 1 | 17% |
Unknown | 1 | 17% |
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Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
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Spain | 3 | 2% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 148 | 95% |
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Researcher | 23 | 15% |
Student > Master | 21 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 16 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
Other | 25 | 16% |
Unknown | 47 | 30% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 29 | 19% |
Social Sciences | 8 | 5% |
Psychology | 5 | 3% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
Other | 24 | 15% |
Unknown | 50 | 32% |