Effectiveness of a Smart Urinary Continence Care Assessment System for Nursing Home Residents: A Quasi-Experimental, Sequential Quantitative-Qualitative Methods Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of use of an electronic urinary continence assessment system versus usual care on construction of care plans, resource use, and continence care for nursing home (NH) residents.

Design

Convergent mixed-methods study comprising a prospective, parallel arm-controlled phase, and concurrent qualitative component.

Subjects and setting

The study setting was Alberta, a province in Western Canada. Residents requiring a continence assessment or reassessment in an NH with 2 units assigned to intervention (I) and 2 units to usual care (UC). One hundred one residents (I: n = 49; UC: n = 52) participated; 89 (I: n = 43; UC: n = 46) completed the study. The mean age of the UC group was 88.5 (SD = 6.9) years, whereas the mea

SUBMITTER: Rajabali SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891280 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature