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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| ES507368 | Other Identifier | Sør-Trøndelag University College, Norway |
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The investigators are planning to do a cluster randomized trial to test the effect of different educational programs for staff according to nursing home patients FI (fecal incontinence). Since there are very few published trials of treatment of FI in older people, and no rigorously evaluated studies on interventions for FI in nursing homes, or rigorously evaluated continence education program for staff concerning continence care, a pilot study is necessary. The aim for the pilot study is to evaluate feasibility, acceptability and adherence according to the educational intervention, methods used and outcome measures. This is designed to be an external pilot study. External pilot studies are small scale versions of the main study which are not intended to be part of the main study. The pilot intervention period is 3 month.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Educational and counselling program | Experimental | In addition to educational meeting and printed educational material the investigators will include the use of local opinion leaders and educational outreach |
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| Educational program | Active Comparator | The investigators want to organize the educational meetings as an interactive workshop that target knowledge, attitudes, and skills at the individual healthcare professional/peer group level. |
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| Control group | No Intervention | The control group will not receive any educational program. It represents the present real life in nursing homes. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Educational and counselling program | Behavioral | Educational and counselling program: In addition to educational meeting and printed educational material the investigators will include the use of local opinion leaders and educational outreach . Local opinion leaders are defined as "use of providers nominated by their colleges as educationally influential". Opinion leadership is the degree to which an individual is able to influence other individual's attitudes or overt behavior informally in a desired way with relative frequency. Educational outreach is defined as "use of a trained person who meets with providers in their practice setting to give information with the intent of changing the providers practice." |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The proportion patients assessed by the clinical guidelines | 90% of the patients assessed by the clinical guideline | 3 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Proportion of completed patient health questionnaires | Response rate more than 80% | 3 months |
| Acceptable performance of multiple choice test measuring change in staff knowledge. | 80% claim that the test set understandable and relevant |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Lene Blekken, DrPH | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Sør-Trøndelag University College | Trondheim | 7004 | Norway |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 26002520 | Result | Blekken LE, Nakrem S, Gjeilo KH, Norton C, Morkved S, Vinsnes AG. Feasibility, acceptability, and adherence of two educational programs for care staff concerning nursing home patients' fecal incontinence: a pilot study preceding a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Implement Sci. 2015 May 23;10:72. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0263-8. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D005242 | Fecal Incontinence |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D012002 | Rectal Diseases |
| D007410 | Intestinal Diseases |
| D005767 | Gastrointestinal Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
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| Educational program | Behavioral | Educational program: Educational meeting and printed educational material Educational meeting is defined as "participation of healthcare providers in conference, lectures, workshops or traineeships". The investigators want to organize the educational meetings as an interactive workshop that target knowledge, attitudes, and skills at the individual healthcare professional/peer group level. Printed educational material is defined as "distribution of published or printed recommendations for clinical care, including clinical practice guidelines". In general, printed educational material target knowledge and potential skill gaps of individual healthcare professionals. |
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| 3 months |
| The proportion of missing data in each completed questionnaire | Less than 10% | 3 months |