Sustainability of InnovationsSTARTNCT01746459
Sustaining Transfers Through Affordable Research Translation (START)
A study testing Paper-Based Reminder System and Peer-Based Reminder System in people with Sustainability of Innovations and Knowledge Translation, run by University of Alberta at 1 site in Canada.
Trial summary
Currently, the health care that people receive is approximately 20 years behind up-to-date research findings. Developing ways to narrow the gap between evidence and practice is an important research focus in continuing care facilities, especially when one considers that the demand for these facilities is estimated to… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 65 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Sustainability of Innovations, Knowledge Translation
- What is being tested?
- Paper-Based Reminder System and Peer-Based Reminder System
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,158 participants
- Where
- 1 siteCanada
- Study dates
- Feb 2013to Apr 2016
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 65 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Clients will be eligible to participate if they can transfer independently or with the assistance of one person.
- Healthcare aides will be eligible to participate if they have worked on the unit for a minimum of 3 months, and work at regular intervals (minimum of 6 shifts per month).
- Licensed Practical Nurses and / or other Facility Leaders will be eligible to participate if they have experienced the peer and paper-based reminders within the last 2 months.
Who cannot join
- Clients who require a mechanical lift, or the assistance of two people to transfer, will be excluded.
- Healthcare aides who have worked for shorter less than 3 months, or fewer than 6 shifts per month, will be excluded.
- Licensed Practical Nurses and / or other Facility Leaders will be excluded if they have not had experience with the peer and paper-based reminders within the last 2 months.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Sustaining Transfers Through Affordable Research Translation (START): Knowledge Translation Interventions to Support the Uptake of Innovations in Continuing Care Settings
Currently, the health care that people receive is approximately 20 years behind up-to-date research findings. Developing ways to narrow the gap between evidence and practice is an important research focus in continuing care facilities, especially when one considers that the demand for these facilities is estimated to increase ten-fold in the next 25 years. In Alberta, there are an estimated 27,400 healthcare aides working in the continuing care sector. Developing reminders targeting these care providers will increase the likelihood that the significant resources invested to promote the uptake of research findings will lead to sustained practice change and, ultimately, improved client outcomes. The purpose of the START project (Sustaining Transfers through Affordable Research Translation) is to help bridge this gap between research and practice in supportive living and long-term care facilities by studying the effectiveness of reminder interventions to support the sustainability of a research-based mobility innovation. In particular, the project will evaluate the frequency and intensity of reminders that maintain the daily practice of healthcare aides to carry out a mobility innovation with clients in 24 supportive living and long-term care facilities. We will compare monthly versus every three month reminders, and we will compare paper-based reminders (like a sticker on a chart) and reminders provided by a healthcare aide peer. Using interviews, questionnaires and observations, the START project will also evaluate the processes that inhibit or promote the uptake of the mobility innovation by healthcare aides in their daily practice. In building this bridge between research evidence and practice, we will work closely with stakeholders at all levels of healthcare delivery (e.g. healthcare aides, facility leaders, policy makers and researchers) throughout the study. We expect our collaboration to contribute to sustainable innovations in the continuing care sector and, in particular, to the sustained use of an affordable mobility innovation in supportive living and long-term care settings.
Read the detailed description
The purpose of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to study the effectiveness of reminders to support the sustainability of an affordable mobility innovation by healthcare aides in supportive living and long-term care facilities. Using a stratified 2x2 factorial design, we will determine which combination of frequency and intensity of reminders is required to sustain a mobility innovation, the sit-to-stand activity. Four research questions guide our study: 1) Do more frequent reminders (every month) improve the sustainability of the innovation by healthcare aides in supportive living and long-term care facilities compared with less frequent reminders (every 3 months)? 2) Do high-intensity reminders (paper-based reminders plus peer reminders) improve the sustainability of the innovation by healthcare aides in supportive living and long-term care facilities compared with low intensity reminders (paper-based reminders only)? 3) Do more frequent reminders plus high-intensity reminders synergistically improve the sustainability of the innovation by healthcare aides in supportive living and long-term care facilities? 4) What are the processes associated with the ongoing uptake of the innovation over a year of follow-up?
We propose to study the effect of varying levels (frequency and intensity) of reminders on the sustainability of a mobility innovation by healthcare aides. Frequency: Our Alberta Health Services collaborators advised that monthly modification of the paper reminders would be frequent yet feasible while aligning with the rhythm of other monthly managerial responsibilities; in contrast, every three months would be infrequent but would align with quarterly managerial responsibilities. Intensity: They agreed that paper-based reminders are low intensity and commonly used in clinical settings. For the high intensity reminder they favored a socially-based "peer reminder". To summarize, the level of reminders will vary in frequency (monthly versus every three months) and intensity (paper reminders versus paper reminders + peer reminders).
Project Plan:
Facility assessment: Eligible facilities will have a minimum of 30 designated supportive living beds or long-term care beds in the Edmonton zone. In the first six months, we will conduct a facility assessment with 24 potential facilities using the Alberta Context Tool, the Work and Well Being Survey, and the Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set 2.0. Data from this assessment will be used to stratify the facilities into three 'equivalent' groups for randomization. As part of the organizational eligibility, all participating facilities will agree to incorporate the mobility innovation as a best practice policy for their clients.
Education sessions: In collaboration with the facility-based educator, a study educator will complete 20-minute education sessions to train healthcare aides working day and evening shifts to complete the innovation.
Randomization: A stratified blocked randomization procedure will assign facilities to four intervention arms.
Immediately following randomization, we will introduce a simple set of paper-based reminders to all sites. The low intensity paper-based reminders include: a) affixing stickers to doors, walls, or bathrooms; b) posting reminder signs in prominent locations; and c) placing colored flags on the documentation flowsheets. Every month for the high frequency sites, and once every three months for the low frequency sites, we will modify the color or shape of the paper-based reminders. For the high intensity reminders, we will identify healthcare aides to offer peer reminders. These healthcare aides will provide formal and informal peer reminders about the innovation; the formal reminders will take place either monthly or every three months during change of shift meetings, while the informal reminders will be provided as opportunities arise during the work day. Every month for the high frequency sites and every three months for the low frequency sites, the study educator will coach the healthcare aides providing peer reminders.
As the purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of reminders to support the sustainability of an innovation by healthcare aides, our primary outcome is healthcare aide uptake as operationalized by the number of completed mobility occasions. We have validated a documentation flowsheet for use by healthcare aides. They will record on this flowsheet the number of mobility repetitions that the client completes on each of two occasions on the day shift and on the evening shift (i.e. four occasions per day).
The secondary outcome measure will be client mobility, as assessed using the 30-second sit-to-stand test. Clients will be timed to see how many repetitions of standing up and sitting down they can complete in 30-seconds. This measure will be gathered once at baseline for all participating clients, and again 1 year later.
Process Evaluation (Research Question 4): The goal of the process evaluation is to understand how facility processes and reminders affect the sustainability of healthcare aide uptake of the innovation. We will examine how the reminders are implemented and perceived by participants, as well as how healthcare aides providing peer reminders are identified, received by their peers and supported by their supervisors. This data will gathered using observations, questionnaires and interviews. Observations: Anytime research staff enter a study facility, they will be alert to observe responses of facility staff or clients to the reminder interventions. Upon exiting the facilities, they will record fieldnotes. Research staff will be instructed to include only general information in their fieldnotes, and not include information that would identify specific site staff or clients. Educators' fieldnotes will be useful for understanding processes of and responses to coaching the healthcare aides that provide reminders. Questionnaire: We will survey a licensed practical nurse and a manager from each facility using a questionnaire to elicit perceptions of the reminders. Interviews-Healthcare Aides: To understand healthcare aides' views of the reminders we will use interviews rather than written questionnaires, as many healthcare aides speak English as a second language. We will interview approximately 6 healthcare aides from purposively sampled facilities until we achieve saturation. Four facilities (2 positive \& 2 negative extreme cases; one from each arm) will be sampled based on facility assessments. Interviews-Peer Reminders: To understand the peer reminder experience we will interview approximately 6 healthcare aides providing peer reminders from each high intensity reminder arm until saturation is achieved.
- Being tested
- Paper-Based Reminder System, Peer-Based Reminder System
- Keywords
- Sustainability of Innovations, Knowledge Translation, Gerontology, Mobility
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Paper-Based Reminder SystemOther
Paper-based reminders include: a) affixing stickers to clients' bedroom doors, beside their beds, or in their bathrooms; b) posting signs in prominent locations; and c) placing colored flags on the documentation flowsheets.
Peer-Based Reminder SystemOther
Healthcare aides will provide formal and informal peer reminders about the mobility activity; the formal reminders will take place either monthly or every three months during change of shift meetings, while the informal reminders will be provided as opportunities arise during the work day.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Low Low | Active comparator | Low Intensity, Low Frequency Reminder System Receives: Other: Paper-Based Reminder System |
| Low, High | Active comparator | Low Intensity, High Frequency Reminder System Receives: Other: Paper-Based Reminder System |
| High, Low | Active comparator | High Intensity, Low Frequency Reminder System Receives: Other: Paper-Based Reminder System; Other: Peer-Based Reminder System |
| High, High | Active comparator | High Intensity, High Frequency Reminder System Receives: Other: Paper-Based Reminder System; Other: Peer-Based Reminder System |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Healthcare Aide Activity Uptake
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of reminders to support the sustainability of a mobility innovation by healthcare aides. Our primary outcome is healthcare aide uptake as operationalized by the number of completed mobility activity occasions. Healthcare aides record on a flowsheet the number of instances that the client completes on each of two occasions on the day shift and on the evening shift (i.e. four occasions per day).
Measured: 1 Year
Secondary outcomes (1)
Client Mobility
We will measure the sustainability of client mobility across the four intervention arms. At the end of a year of data collection, a sample of clients will be assessed using the 30 second sit-to-stand test. Using a stopwatch and a standard armchair, we will instruct client participants to stand up and sit down as many times as possible until they are asked to stop after 30 seconds.
Measured: Change from Baseline Mobility at 1 Year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted11 Dec 2012 (estimated)
- Study startFeb 2013
- Primary completionApr 2016
- Study completionApr 2016
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Sustainability of InnovationsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1,158 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alberta
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Alberta Health services
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Susan Slaughter, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Alberta
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01746459
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Pro00034781
- Acronym
- START
- Status last verified
- Aug 2016
- First submitted
- 6 Dec 2012
- Last updated
- 8 Aug 2016
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Slaughter SE, Eliasziw M, Ickert C, Jones CA, Estabrooks CA, Wagg AS. Effectiveness of reminders to sustain practice change among direct care providers in residential care facilities: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Implement Sci. 2020 Jul 1;15(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01012-z.
PubMed 32611451Slaughter SE, Jones CA, Eliasziw M, Ickert C, Estabrooks CA, Wagg AS. The Changing Landscape of Continuing Care in Alberta: Staff and Resident Characteristics in Supportive Living and Long-Term Care. Healthc Policy. 2018 Aug;14(1):44-56. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2018.25549.
PubMed 30129434Slaughter SE, Estabrooks CA, Jones CA, Wagg AS, Eliasziw M. Sustaining Transfers through Affordable Research Translation (START): study protocol to assess knowledge translation interventions in continuing care settings. Trials. 2013 Oct 26;14:355. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-355.
PubMed 24160483
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Aug 2016. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Sustaining Transfers Through Affordable Research Translation (START): Knowledge Translation Interventions to Support the Uptake of Innovations in Continuing Care Settings
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01746459
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- START / Pro00034781
- Keywords
- Sustainability of Innovations, Knowledge Translation, Gerontology, Mobility
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,158 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of AlbertaUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Alberta Health services
- Study start
- Feb 2013
- Primary completion
- Apr 2016 (actual)
- Study completion
- Apr 2016 (actual)
- First posted
- 11 Dec 2012 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Currently, the health care that people receive is approximately 20 years behind up-to-date research findings. Developing ways to narrow the gap between evidence and practice is an important research focus in continuing care facilities, especially when one considers that the demand for these facilities is estimated to increase ten-fold in the next 25 years. In Alberta, there are an estimated 27,400 healthcare aides working in the continuing care sector. Developing reminders targeting these care providers will increase the likelihood that the significant resources invested to promote the uptake of research findings will lead to sustained practice change and, ultimately, improved client outcomes. The purpose of the START project (Sustaining Transfers through Affordable Research Translation) is to help bridge this gap between research and practice in supportive living and long-term care facilities by studying the effectiveness of reminder interventions to support the sustainability of a research-based mobility innovation. In particular, the project will evaluate the frequency and intensity of reminders that maintain the daily practice of healthcare aides to carry out a mobility innovation with clients in 24 supportive living and long-term care facilities. We will compare monthly versus every three month reminders, and we will compare paper-based reminders (like a sticker on a chart) and reminders provided by a healthcare aide peer. Using interviews, questionnaires and observations, the START project will also evaluate the processes that inhibit or promote the uptake of the mobility innovation by healthcare aides in their daily practice. In building this bridge between research evidence and practice, we will work closely with stakeholders at all levels of healthcare delivery (e.g. healthcare aides, facility leaders, policy makers and researchers) throughout the study. We expect our collaboration to contribute to sustainable innovations in the continuing care sector and, in particular, to the sustained use of an affordable mobility innovation in supportive living and long-term care settings.
Detailed description
The purpose of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to study the effectiveness of reminders to support the sustainability of an affordable mobility innovation by healthcare aides in supportive living and long-term care facilities. Using a stratified 2x2 factorial design, we will determine which combination of frequency and intensity of reminders is required to sustain a mobility innovation, the sit-to-stand activity. Four research questions guide our study: 1) Do more frequent reminders (every month) improve the sustainability of the innovation by healthcare aides in supportive living and long-term care facilities compared with less frequent reminders (every 3 months)? 2) Do high-intensity reminders (paper-based reminders plus peer reminders) improve the sustainability of the innovation by healthcare aides in supportive living and long-term care facilities compared with low intensity reminders (paper-based reminders only)? 3) Do more frequent reminders plus high-intensity reminders synergistically improve the sustainability of the innovation by healthcare aides in supportive living and long-term care facilities? 4) What are the processes associated with the ongoing uptake of the innovation over a year of follow-up?
We propose to study the effect of varying levels (frequency and intensity) of reminders on the sustainability of a mobility innovation by healthcare aides. Frequency: Our Alberta Health Services collaborators advised that monthly modification of the paper reminders would be frequent yet feasible while aligning with the rhythm of other monthly managerial responsibilities; in contrast, every three months would be infrequent but would align with quarterly managerial responsibilities. Intensity: They agreed that paper-based reminders are low intensity and commonly used in clinical settings. For the high intensity reminder they favored a socially-based "peer reminder". To summarize, the level of reminders will vary in frequency (monthly versus every three months) and intensity (paper reminders versus paper reminders + peer reminders).
Project Plan:
Facility assessment: Eligible facilities will have a minimum of 30 designated supportive living beds or long-term care beds in the Edmonton zone. In the first six months, we will conduct a facility assessment with 24 potential facilities using the Alberta Context Tool, the Work and Well Being Survey, and the Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set 2.0. Data from this assessment will be used to stratify the facilities into three 'equivalent' groups for randomization. As part of the organizational eligibility, all participating facilities will agree to incorporate the mobility innovation as a best practice policy for their clients.
Education sessions: In collaboration with the facility-based educator, a study educator will complete 20-minute education sessions to train healthcare aides working day and evening shifts to complete the innovation.
Randomization: A stratified blocked randomization procedure will assign facilities to four intervention arms.
Immediately following randomization, we will introduce a simple set of paper-based reminders to all sites. The low intensity paper-based reminders include: a) affixing stickers to doors, walls, or bathrooms; b) posting reminder signs in prominent locations; and c) placing colored flags on the documentation flowsheets. Every month for the high frequency sites, and once every three months for the low frequency sites, we will modify the color or shape of the paper-based reminders. For the high intensity reminders, we will identify healthcare aides to offer peer reminders. These healthcare aides will provide formal and informal peer reminders about the innovation; the formal reminders will take place either monthly or every three months during change of shift meetings, while the informal reminders will be provided as opportunities arise during the work day. Every month for the high frequency sites and every three months for the low frequency sites, the study educator will coach the healthcare aides providing peer reminders.
As the purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of reminders to support the sustainability of an innovation by healthcare aides, our primary outcome is healthcare aide uptake as operationalized by the number of completed mobility occasions. We have validated a documentation flowsheet for use by healthcare aides. They will record on this flowsheet the number of mobility repetitions that the client completes on each of two occasions on the day shift and on the evening shift (i.e. four occasions per day).
The secondary outcome measure will be client mobility, as assessed using the 30-second sit-to-stand test. Clients will be timed to see how many repetitions of standing up and sitting down they can complete in 30-seconds. This measure will be gathered once at baseline for all participating clients, and again 1 year later.
Process Evaluation (Research Question 4): The goal of the process evaluation is to understand how facility processes and reminders affect the sustainability of healthcare aide uptake of the innovation. We will examine how the reminders are implemented and perceived by participants, as well as how healthcare aides providing peer reminders are identified, received by their peers and supported by their supervisors. This data will gathered using observations, questionnaires and interviews. Observations: Anytime research staff enter a study facility, they will be alert to observe responses of facility staff or clients to the reminder interventions. Upon exiting the facilities, they will record fieldnotes. Research staff will be instructed to include only general information in their fieldnotes, and not include information that would identify specific site staff or clients. Educators' fieldnotes will be useful for understanding processes of and responses to coaching the healthcare aides that provide reminders. Questionnaire: We will survey a licensed practical nurse and a manager from each facility using a questionnaire to elicit perceptions of the reminders. Interviews-Healthcare Aides: To understand healthcare aides' views of the reminders we will use interviews rather than written questionnaires, as many healthcare aides speak English as a second language. We will interview approximately 6 healthcare aides from purposively sampled facilities until we achieve saturation. Four facilities (2 positive \& 2 negative extreme cases; one from each arm) will be sampled based on facility assessments. Interviews-Peer Reminders: To understand the peer reminder experience we will interview approximately 6 healthcare aides providing peer reminders from each high intensity reminder arm until saturation is achieved.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 4
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Low Low | Active comparator | Other: Paper-Based Reminder SystemLow Intensity, Low Frequency Reminder System |
| Low, High | Active comparator | Other: Paper-Based Reminder SystemLow Intensity, High Frequency Reminder System |
| High, Low | Active comparator | Other: Paper-Based Reminder System, Other: Peer-Based Reminder SystemHigh Intensity, Low Frequency Reminder System |
| High, High | Active comparator | Other: Paper-Based Reminder System, Other: Peer-Based Reminder SystemHigh Intensity, High Frequency Reminder System |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 65 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Clients will be eligible to participate if they can transfer independently or with the assistance of one person.
- Healthcare aides will be eligible to participate if they have worked on the unit for a minimum of 3 months, and work at regular intervals (minimum of 6 shifts per month).
- Licensed Practical Nurses and / or other Facility Leaders will be eligible to participate if they have experienced the peer and paper-based reminders within the last 2 months.
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Clients who require a mechanical lift, or the assistance of two people to transfer, will be excluded.
- Healthcare aides who have worked for shorter less than 3 months, or fewer than 6 shifts per month, will be excluded.
- Licensed Practical Nurses and / or other Facility Leaders will be excluded if they have not had experience with the peer and paper-based reminders within the last 2 months.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Paper-Based Reminder SystemPaper-based reminders include: a) affixing stickers to clients' bedroom doors, beside their beds, or in their bathrooms; b) posting signs in prominent locations; and c) placing colored flags on the documentation flowsheets. | Other | High, High, High, Low, Low Low, Low, High |
| Peer-Based Reminder SystemHealthcare aides will provide formal and informal peer reminders about the mobility activity; the formal reminders will take place either monthly or every three months during change of shift meetings, while the informal reminders will be provided as opportunities arise during the work day. | Other | High, High, High, Low |
Primary outcome
Healthcare Aide Activity Uptake
Time frame: 1 Year
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of reminders to support the sustainability of a mobility innovation by healthcare aides. Our primary outcome is healthcare aide uptake as operationalized by the number of completed mobility activity occasions. Healthcare aides record on a flowsheet the number of instances that the client completes on each of two occasions on the day shift and on the evening shift (i.e. four occasions per day).
1 secondary outcome
Client Mobility
Time frame: Change from Baseline Mobility at 1 Year
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Aug 2016.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 32611451Slaughter SE, Eliasziw M, Ickert C, Jones CA, Estabrooks CA, Wagg AS. Effectiveness of reminders to sustain practice change among direct care providers in residential care facilities: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Implement Sci. 2020 Jul 1;15(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01012-z.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 30129434Slaughter SE, Jones CA, Eliasziw M, Ickert C, Estabrooks CA, Wagg AS. The Changing Landscape of Continuing Care in Alberta: Staff and Resident Characteristics in Supportive Living and Long-Term Care. Healthc Policy. 2018 Aug;14(1):44-56. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2018.25549.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 24160483Slaughter SE, Estabrooks CA, Jones CA, Wagg AS, Eliasziw M. Sustaining Transfers through Affordable Research Translation (START): study protocol to assess knowledge translation interventions in continuing care settings. Trials. 2013 Oct 26;14:355. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-355.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Susan Slaughter, PhD principal investigator
University of Alberta
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Paper-Based Reminder System and Peer-Based Reminder System in people with Sustainability of Innovations and Knowledge Translation, run by University of Alberta at 1 site in Canada.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Aug 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Healthcare Aide Activity Uptake (time frame: 1 Year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01746459, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Aug 2016.