Sustainability of a Knowledge Translation Intervention to Improve Paediatric Pain

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3907 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-09-30

Study Completion Date

2014-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of short refresher sessions. "Pain Practice Change Boosters" given at regular intervals to sustain improved pain process (assessment and management) and clinical outcomes (pain intensity) achieved during a 15 month knowledge translation intervention, Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ), in 8 children's hospitals in Canada; and to determine the factors that affect that sustainability. The CIHR Team in Children's Pain (2006-2011) evaluated the effectiveness of the EPIQ intervention in 32 hospital units (4 units at each hospital site). 16 hospital units were allocated to the intervention group and 16 units continued with standard care. The current study focuses on the 16 hospital units that implemented the EPIQ intervention only.

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Detailed Description

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This is an 8 hospital repeated measures Randomized Controlled Trial design using a centrally controlled cluster random allocation of units with stratification by hospital. The sample consisted of the 16 hospital units that implemented the EPIQ intervention in the CIHR Team in Children's Pain study. Randomization was restricted so there was one intervention unit and one standard care unit at each site. Outcomes were measured at 3 time points:12 months after the completion of the EPIQ intervention: Baseline (Time 1); 12 months following the implementation of the Booster intervention (Time 2); and 36 months following the implementation of the Booster intervention (Time 3), including the frequency and proportion of children receiving pain assessment and management strategies, children's pain intensity during painful procedures, and health care professionals' perceptions of the context of sustainability.

Conditions

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Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Pain Practice Change Booster

Pain Practice Change Booster Intervention: 12 months after the EPIQ intervention, and every 4 months for 2 years, a 30-60 minute standardized booster session was delivered to a small group of champions in each hospital unit randomized to the intervention group. Two co-facilitators familiar with the EPIQ intervention conducted all booster sessions via teleconference. Booster sessions included reviewing the effectiveness knowledge translation strategies champions implemented over the past four months to sustain and improve targeted pain practices; determining the sustainability of the pain practice changes, developing a commitment to change plan of action for the next four months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pain Practice Change Booster Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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Usual Care Group

No interventions associated with the study were conducted on these units.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Pain Practice Change Booster Intervention

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Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* distinct geographic location and administrative structure;
* minimum of 15 beds per unit;
* care for children exposed to painful procedures for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes; and
* implementation of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to manage pain.

The 16 participating hospital units had implemented the EPIQ intervention in the CIHR Team in Children's Pain study. Patients in the participating hospital units were eligible to be included in the determination of the pain practice and clinical outcomes if they:

* were between 32 weeks gestational age at birth and 18 years;
* received skin breaking procedures; and
* were admitted to the unit for \>24 hours.

Surveys used to determine factors influencing sustainability were administered to health care professionals in all participating units, who had at least 1 year of professional experience, had worked on the unit for at least 6 months, and spoke English or French.

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes