Effect of Strategies to Improve General Practitioner-nurse Collaboration and Communication
NCT ID: NCT03426475
Last Updated: 2022-07-14
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
680 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-02-12
2021-04-22
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Control Group
Care of nursing home residents as usual.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventional Group
Implementation of interprof ACT measures to improve collaboration and communication between general practitioners and nursing staff. Measures are selected and adapted by nursing home management / nurses, GPs and residents' relatives or representatives.
interprof ACT measures
Definition of common goals between general practitioner and nursing staff, appointment of a contact person, support in assigning medication, use of name badges worn by GPs and nurses during visits, mandatory availability of contact person, standardized procedures for GPs home visits
Interventions
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interprof ACT measures
Definition of common goals between general practitioner and nursing staff, appointment of a contact person, support in assigning medication, use of name badges worn by GPs and nurses during visits, mandatory availability of contact person, standardized procedures for GPs home visits
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* two GP visits in recent 6 months or
* admission to the nursing home during the precedent 6 months independently of documented GP contacts
* at least 18 years of age
* written informed consent by the resident or her/his legal guardian
* minimum size of 40 residents
* written consent provided by the nursing home Manager Prior to randomisation
Exclusion Criteria
\- participation in other projects on interprofessional collaboration.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University Medical Center Goettingen
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Karsten Gavenis
Clinical Study Management on behalf of the Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Eva Hummers, Prof. Dr. med.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Department of General Practice, University Medical Center Goettingen
Locations
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Department of General Practice, University Medical Center Göttingen
Göttingen, , Germany
Organization and Corporate Development, Georg August University Göttingen
Göttingen, , Germany
Department of General Practice/Primary Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, , Germany
Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Nursing Research Group,University of Lübeck
Lübeck, , Germany
Countries
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References
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Mazur A, Tetzlaff B, Mallon T, Hesjedal-Streller B, Wei V, Scherer M, Kopke S, Balzer K, Steyer L, Friede T, Pfeiffer S, Hummers E, Muller C. Cluster randomised trial of a complex interprofessional intervention (interprof ACT) to reduce hospital admission of nursing home residents. Age Ageing. 2023 Mar 1;52(3):afad022. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad022.
Steyer L, Kortkamp C, Muller C, Tetzlaff B, Fleischmann N, Weber CE, Scherer M, Kuhn A, Jarchow AM, Luth F, Kopke S, Friede T, Konig HH, Hummers E, Maurer I, Balzer K. Implementation, mechanisms of change and contextual factors of a complex intervention to improve interprofessional collaboration and the quality of medical care for nursing home residents: study protocol of the process evaluation of the interprof ACT intervention package. Trials. 2022 Jul 8;23(1):561. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06476-6.
Muller C, Hesjedal-Streller B, Fleischmann N, Tetzlaff B, Mallon T, Scherer M, Kopke S, Balzer K, Gartner L, Maurer I, Friede T, Konig HH, Hummers E. Effects of strategies to improve general practitioner-nurse collaboration and communication in regard to hospital admissions of nursing home residents (interprof ACT): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Nov 5;21(1):913. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04736-x.
Other Identifiers
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01811
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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