Barriers and facilitators to implementing a pragmatic trial to improve advance care planning in the nursing home setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The PRagmatic trial Of Video Education in Nursing homes (PROVEN) aims to test the effectiveness of an advance care planning (ACP) video intervention. Relatively little is known about the challenges associated with implementing ACP interventions in the nursing home (NH) setting, especially within a pragmatic trial. To address this research gap, this report sought to identify facilitators of and barriers to implementing PROVEN from the perspective of the Champions charged with introducing the ACP video program delivery to patients and families.

Methods

In semi-structured telephone interviews at 4 and 15 months of the 18-month implementation period, ACP Champions at all PROVEN intervention facilities (N = 119) were asked about their perceptions of program implementat

SUBMITTER: Palmer JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6664774 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature