Effectiveness of an individually tailored complex intervention to improve activities and participation in nursing home residents with joint contractures (JointConEval): a multicentre pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to examine the effects of the individually tailored complex intervention Participation Enabling Care in Nursing (PECAN) on activities and participation of residents with joint contractures.

Design

Multicentre pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Setting

35 nursing homes in Germany (August 2018-February 2020).

Participants

562 nursing home residents aged ≥65 years with ≥1 major joint contracture (303 intervention group, 259 control group).

Interventions

Nursing homes were randomised to PECAN (18 clusters) or optimised standard care (17 clusters) with researcher-concealed cluster allocation by facsimile. The intervention targeted impairments in activities and participation. Implementation included training and support fo

SUBMITTER: Nguyen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10619003 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature