Sustainability of Evidence-Based Acute Pain Management Practices for Hospitalized Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Little is known regarding sustainability of evidence-based practices (EBPs) following implementation. This article reports sustainability of evidence-based acute pain management practices in hospitalized older adults following testing of a multifaceted Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) implementation intervention. A cluster randomized trial with follow-up period was conducted in 12 Midwest U.S. hospitals (six experimental, six comparison). Use of evidence-based acute pain management practices and mean pain intensity were analyzed using generalized estimating equations across two time points (following implementation and 18 months later) to determine sustainability of TRIP intervention effects. Summative Index scores and six of seven practices were sustained. Experimental and compar

SUBMITTER: Shuman CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5930152 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature