CONNECT for Better Falls Prevention in VA Community Living Centers
NCT ID: NCT00836433
Last Updated: 2015-04-24
Study Results
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COMPLETED
PHASE3
689 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-02-28
2012-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The current standard to improve resident outcomes in VA nursing homes combines educational programs and quality improvement processes. These educational programs typically focus on individual staff members' behavior and mastery of content, and use such instructional techniques as didactic modules, audit and feedback of individual performance, and academic detailing by influential peers. However, social constructivism theory and complexity science suggests that learning is a social process that occurs within the context of the relationships and interactions of the individual in their environment. Thus, traditional QI educational programs will not result in optimal changes in staff behavior unless a context is present which allows social learning to occur.
Objectives:
Based on social constructivist theory, complexity science, and prior research we have developed an educational intervention (CONNECT) that teaches staff to improve connections within and between disciplines, improve information flow, and seek out cognitive diversity in problem-solving about resident issues. The objectives of this study are to: (a) determine whether CONNECT improves staff interaction measures, fall-related process measures, and fall rates when combined with standard training on fall risk factor reduction, and (b) use the insights gained about social constructivist learning in CLCs to develop other educational interventions that address multi-factorial geriatric syndromes and system issues such as patient safety in VA nursing homes.
Methods:
To achieve these objectives we are conducting a randomized, controlled, single-blind study in which nursing homes receive either CONNECT plus a falls QI educational intervention (FALLS) or FALLS alone. Four VA CLCs in VISN-6 will participate, with an estimated n=144 participating staff members, and n=340 unique individuals with falls. The CONNECT intervention will be delivered over 3 months, and includes interactive in-class learning sessions, unit-based mentoring, and relationship mapping, all focused on helping staff build networks and relationships for problem-solving. The FALLS intervention will be delivered over 3 months either alone or after the CONNECT intervention. It includes web-based modules, audit and feedback, and academic detailing, all focused on individual fall reduction behaviors. Measurement is performed prior to intervention (all measures), at the conclusion of intervention (staff interaction measures, work environment measures, and social constructivist learning focus groups), and 6 months after the intervention (fall-related process and outcome measures). Analysis will use mixed models to account for the complex nesting of patients and staff within facilities.
Status:
Funding will begin on August 1, 2009 with anticipated intervention start time of January, 2010.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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FALLS only
Traditional falls educational intervention, including self-study modules, audit and feedback, falls team training, academic detailing, and toolkit.
FALLS educational intervention
FALLS is a traditional falls quality improvement education program including online modules, audit and feedback, and academic detailing sessions
CONNECT and FALLS
CONNECT educational intervention is designed to improve relationship-building and communication. The intervention includes 2 in-class session, group mapping exercise, individual relationship mapping exercises, Self-monitoring of interactions, individual staff coaching sessions. FALLS is a traditional falls educational intervention, including self-study modules, audit and feedback, falls team training, academic detailing, and toolkit.
CONNECT educational intervention
The CONNECT educational intervention is a training program for staff to improve communication with a more dense network of co-workers, in order to improve resident problem-solving. Includes in class sessions, group and individual mapping exercises, self-monitoring of interactions, and individual staff coaching.
FALLS educational intervention
FALLS is a traditional falls quality improvement education program including online modules, audit and feedback, and academic detailing sessions
Interventions
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CONNECT educational intervention
The CONNECT educational intervention is a training program for staff to improve communication with a more dense network of co-workers, in order to improve resident problem-solving. Includes in class sessions, group and individual mapping exercises, self-monitoring of interactions, and individual staff coaching.
FALLS educational intervention
FALLS is a traditional falls quality improvement education program including online modules, audit and feedback, and academic detailing sessions
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Duke University
OTHER
US Department of Veterans Affairs
FED
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Cathleen S. Colon-Emeric, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Locations
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VA Medical Center, Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia, United States
VA Medical Center, Salem VA
Salem, Virginia, United States
Countries
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References
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Colon-Emeric CS, Lyles KW, Su G, Pieper CF, Magaziner JS, Adachi JD, Bucci-Rechtweg CM, Haentjens P, Boonen S; HORIZON Recurrent Fracture Trial. Clinical risk factors for recurrent fracture after hip fracture: a prospective study. Calcif Tissue Int. 2011 May;88(5):425-31. doi: 10.1007/s00223-011-9474-4. Epub 2011 Feb 18.
Anderson RA, Corazzini K, Porter K, Daily K, McDaniel RR Jr, Colon-Emeric C. CONNECT for quality: protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve fall prevention in nursing homes. Implement Sci. 2012 Feb 29;7:11. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-11.
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Other Identifiers
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EDU 08-417
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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