A randomised fractional factorial screening experiment to predict effective features of audit and feedback.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Audit and feedback aims to improve patient care by comparing healthcare performance against explicit standards. It is used to monitor and improve patient care, including through National Clinical Audit (NCA) programmes in the UK. Variability in effectiveness of audit and feedback is attributed to intervention design; separate randomised trials to address multiple questions about how to optimise effectiveness would be inefficient. We evaluated different feedback modifications to identify leading candidates for further "real-world" evaluation.

Methods

Using an online fractional factorial screening experiment, we randomised recipients of feedback from five UK NCAs to different combinations of six feedback modifications applied within an audit report excerpt: use effe

SUBMITTER: Wright-Hughes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9137082 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature