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Implementation of a batched stepped wedge trial evaluating a quality improvement intervention for surgical teams to reduce anastomotic leak after right colectomy. [PDF]

Trials, 2023
Background Large-scale quality improvement interventions demand robust trial designs with flexibility for delivery in different contexts, particularly during a pandemic.
Venn ML, Knowles CH, Li E, Glasbey J, Morton DG, Hooper R, ESCP EAGLE Safe Anastomosis Collaborative.   +6 more
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Multimodal prehabilitation (Fit4Surgery) in high-impact surgery to enhance surgical outcomes: Study protocol of F4S PREHAB, a single center stepped wedge trial. [PDF]

PLoS One
BackgroundHigh-impact surgery imposes a significant physiological and functional burden and is associated with substantial postoperative morbidity.
Strijker D, Drager L, van Asseldonk M, Atsma F, van den Berg M, van Daal E, van Heusden-Scholtalbers L, Meijerink J, Servaes P, Teerenstra S, Verlaan S, van den Heuvel B, van Laarhoven K.   +12 more
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Implementing contingency management for stimulant use in opioid treatment programs: protocol of a type III hybrid effectiveness-stepped-wedge trial. [PDF]

Implement Sci, 2023
Background Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based intervention for stimulant use and is highly effective in combination with medication for opioid use disorder.
Becker SJ, DiClemente-Bosco K, Scott K, Janssen T, Salino SM, Hasan FN, Yap KR, Garner BR.   +7 more
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Multifaceted Intervention to Improve P2Y12 Inhibitor Adherence After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Stepped Wedge Trial. [PDF]

J Am Heart Assoc, 2022
Background P2Y12 inhibitor medications are critical following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); however, adherence remains suboptimal. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve P2Y12 inhibitor ...
Ho PM, O'Donnell CI, McCreight M, Bavry AA, Bosworth HB, Girotra S, Grossman PM, Helfrich C, Latif F, Lu D, Matheny M, Mavromatis K, Ortiz J, Parashar A, Ratliff DM, Grunwald GK, Gillette M, Jneid H.   +17 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

An online mental health informed physical activity intervention for emergency service workers and their families: A stepped-wedge trial. [PDF]

Digit Health, 2023
Objective Emergency service workers are at risk of experiencing poor mental health due to repeated exposure to potentially traumatic events. Promoting healthy lifestyle factors may help improve health outcomes and quality of life among this population ...
McKeon G, Wells R, Steel Z, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Teasdale S, Vancampfort D, Rosenbaum S.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Optimal@NRW: optimized acute care of nursing home residents using an intersectoral telemedical cooperation network - study protocol for a stepped-wedge trial. [PDF]

Trials, 2022
Background Increasing life expectancy is associated with a growing number of people living in nursing homes, while the availability of outpatient medical care, especially from family doctors, is stagnating in this sector. Consequently, numerous and often
Brücken D, Unterkofler J, Pauge S, Bienzeisler J, Hübel C, Zechbauer S, Rossaint R, Greiner W, Aufenberg B, Röhrig R, Bollheimer LC, Optimal@NRW Research Group, Brokmann JC.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Multi-methods process evaluation of the SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) trial: a cluster randomised, stepped wedge trial to support healthy skin. [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine
Summary Background Healthy skin is important for maintaining overall physical and cultural health and wellbeing. However, remote-living Australian Aboriginal children contend with disproportionally high rates of Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) infected ...
Thomas HMM, Mullane M, Enkel SL, McRae T, Amgarth-Duff I, Carapetis JR, Coffin J, Christophers R, Famlonga R, Jacky J, Jones M, Marsh J, McIntosh K, O'Donnell V, Pan E, Pearson G, Sibosado S, Smith B, Snelling T, Steer A, Tong SYC, Walker R, Whelan A, White K, Wright E, Bowen AC, SToP (See, Treat, Prevent skin sores and scabies) Trial.   +28 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Communities Helping the Hearing of Infants by Reaching Parents (CHHIRP) through patient navigation: a hybrid implementation effectiveness stepped wedge trial protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction As the most common neonatal sensory disorder in the USA, infant hearing loss has an incidence of 1.7 per 1000 births. The consequences of delayed diagnosis and failure to obtain timely intervention include significant communication ...
Bush M, Hatfield M, Schuh M, Balasuriya B, Mahairas A, Jacobs J, Studts C, Westgate P, Schoenberg N, Shinn J, Creel L.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Implementing a Personalized Physical Therapy Approach (Coach2Move) Is Effective in Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Functional Mobility in Older Adults: A Cluster-Randomized, Stepped Wedge Trial.

Phys Ther, 2022
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess whether the superior cost-effectiveness of a personalized physical therapy approach (Coach2Move)—which was demonstrated in a previous trial compared with usual care physical therapy (UCP)—can be ...
Heij W, Sweerts L, Staal JB, Teerenstra S, Adang E, van der Wees PJ, Nijhuis-van der Sanden MWG, Hoogeboom TJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Rehabilitation for life: the effect on physical function of rehabilitation and care in older adults after hip fracture-study protocol for a cluster-randomised stepped-wedge trial. [PDF]

Trials, 2022
Background A hip fracture is a serious event for older adults, given that approximately 50% do not regain their habitual level of physical function, and the mortality rate is high, as is the number of readmissions.
Ipsen JA, Pedersen LT, Viberg B, Nørgaard B, Suetta C, Bruun IH.   +5 more
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