A pragmatic cluster randomised trial evaluating three implementation interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation research is concerned with bridging the gap between evidence and practice through the study of methods to promote the uptake of research into routine practice. Good quality evidence has been summarised into guideline recommendations to show that peri-operative fasting times could be considerably shorter than patients currently experience. The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of three strategies for the implementation of recommendations about peri-operative fasting.

Methods

A pragmatic cluster randomised trial underpinned by the PARIHS framework was conducted during 2006 to 2009 with a national sample of UK hospitals using time series with mixed methods process evaluation and cost analysis. Hospitals were randomised to one of

SUBMITTER: Rycroft-Malone J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3457838 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature