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From pilot to a multi-site trial: refining the Early Detection of Deterioration in Elderly Residents (EDDIE +) intervention
BMC Geriatrics, Vol.23, pp.1-16
2023
Abstract
Background:
Early Detection of Deterioration in Elderly Residents (EDDIE +) is a multi-modal intervention focused on empowering nursing and personal care workers to identify and proactively manage deterioration of residents living in residential aged care (RAC) homes. Building on successful pilot trials conducted between 2014 and 2017, the intervention was refined for implementation in a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial in 12 RAC homes from March 2021 to May 2022. We report the process used to transition from a small-scale pilot intervention to a multi-site intervention, detailing the intervention to enable future replication.
Methods:
The EDDIE + intervention used the integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (i-PARIHS) framework to guide the intervention development and refinement process. We conducted an environmental scan; multi-level context assessments; convened an intervention working group (IWG) to develop the program logic, conducted a sustainability assessment and deconstructed the intervention components into fixed and adaptable elements; and subsequently refined the intervention for trial.
Results:
The original EDDIE pilot intervention included four components: nurse and personal care worker education; decision support tools; diagnostic equipment; and facilitation and clinical support. Deconstructing the intervention into core components and what could be flexibly tailored to context was essential for refining the intervention and informing future implementation across multiple sites. Intervention elements considered unsustainable were updated and refined to enable their scalability. Refinements included: an enhanced educational component with a greater focus on personal care workers and interactive learning; decision support tools that were based on updated evidence; equipment that aligned with recipient needs and available organisational support; and updated facilitation model with local and external facilitation.
Conclusion:
By using the i-PARIHS framework in the scale-up process, the EDDIE + intervention was tailored to fit the needs of intended recipients and contexts, enabling flexibility for local adaptation. The process of transitioning from a pilot to larger scale implementation in practice is vastly underreported yet vital for better development and implementation of multi-component interventions across multiple sites. We provide an example using an implementation framework and show it can be advantageous to researchers and health practitioners from pilot stage to refinement, through to larger scale implementation.
Trial registration:
The trial was prospectively registered with the Australia New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ACTRN12620000507987, registered 23/04/2020).
Details
- Title
- From pilot to a multi-site trial: refining the Early Detection of Deterioration in Elderly Residents (EDDIE +) intervention
- Authors
- Michelle J Allen (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyHannah E Carter (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyElizabeth Cyarto (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyClaudia Meyer (Author) - Monash UniversityTrudy Dwyer (Author) - Central Queensland UniversityFlorin Oprescu (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Public HealthChristopher Aitken (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyAlison Farrington (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyCarla Shield (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyJeffrey Rowland (Author) - The University of QueenslandXing J Lee (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyNicholas Graves (Author) - Duke-NUS Medical SchoolLynne Parkinson (Author) - University of Newcastle AustraliaGillian Harvey (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- BMC Geriatrics, Vol.23, pp.1-16
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd.
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12877-023-04491-z
- ISSN
- 1471-2318
- Copyright note
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
- Grant note
- This project is funded by a Medical Research Future Fund Keeping Australians Out of Hospital grant (GNT1177501) and led by Queensland University of Technology.
- Organisation Unit
- Engage Research Lab; School of Health - Public Health
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99982893502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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