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Trial reportImplementation science : IS2024

The effectiveness of a knowledge translation intervention on the implementation of NEWS2 in nursing homes, a pragmatic cluster RCT.

Birgitte Graverholt, Birgitte Espehaug, Donna Ciliska, Thomas Potrebny

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialPragmatic Clinical Trial
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Birgitte GraverholtDepartment of Health and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bergen, Norway. bgra@hvl.no.ORCID 0000-0002-1145-3801
Birgitte EspehaugDepartment of Health and Functioning, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
Donna CiliskaFaculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Toronto, Canada.
Thomas PotrebnyDepartment of Health and Functioning, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImproving the uptake of relevant and reliable research is an important priority in long-term care to achieve sustainable and high-quality services for the increasingly older population.

aimThe purpose was to assess the effectiveness of a tailored, adaptive and a multifaceted KT capacity program, relative to usual practice, on the implementation of National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2).

methodsThis study was carried out as a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial. The capacity program consisted of an educational part to address implementation capacity gaps and a facilitation-upon-implementation part to address a relevant knowledge gap in nursing homes. A collective decision was made to address the challenge of early detection of clinical deterioration among nursing home residents, by implementing the (NEWS2) as clinical innovation. Public nursing homes in a Norwegian municipality (n = 21) with a total of 1 466 beds were eligible for inclusion. The study-period spanned over a 22-month period, including a 12-month follow-up. Data was extracted from the Electronic Patient Journal system and analyzed using multilevel growth model analysis.

resultsThe intervention had a large effect on the use of NEWS2 among care staff in intervention nursing homes, compared to the control group (standardized mean difference, d = 2.42). During the final month of the implementation period, residents in the intervention group was assessed with NEWS2 1.44 times (95% CI: 1.23, 1.64) per month, which is almost four times more often than in the control group (mean = 0.38, 95% CI: 0.19, 0.57). During the follow-up period, the effect of the intervention was not only sustained in the intervention group but there was a substantial increase in the use of NEWS2 in both the intervention (mean = 1.75, 95% CI: 1.55, 1.96) and control groups (mean = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.27, 1.65).

conclusionsThis tailored implementation strategy had a large effect on the use of NEWS2 among care staff, demonstrating that integrated knowledge translation strategies can be a promising strategy to achieve evidence-based care in the nursing home sector.

trial registrationISRCTN12437773 . Registered 19/3 2020, retrospectively.

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Nursing HomesTranslational Research, BiomedicalAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHomes for the AgedHumansMaleNorwayCluster-RCTImplementationIntegrated knowledge translationKTLong-term careNEWS2Nursing homeOlder adultsTrial

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PMCPMC11391697

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