[PDF] Top 20 Improving maternity care using a personal health record: study protocol for a stepped wedge, randomised, controlled trial

... To test the developed prototype of the PHR and de- sign of the implementation strategy, we organised eight focus groups. Participants (n = 41) were recommended patient representatives from 16 hospitals and healthcare ... See full document

... Barts Health NHS Trust; Mr Shahab Siddiqi, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust; Mr Julian Hance, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Mr Andrew Williams, Guy ’ s and Thomas ’ NHS Foundation Trust; Miss Karen ... See full document

... The trial will include 26 hospitals in ANZ with an aver- age of 3170 singleton births per year (range: 1400, 7000) giving 256,770 total births over 3 ...Norwegian study [36]. We calculated statistical power ... See full document

... Constipation is common in adults and children and up to 20% of the population report this symptom de- pending on definitions used (2–28% adults; 0.7–30% children) [1–3], with a higher prevalence in women [1, 4, 5] and ... See full document

... Constipation is common in adults and children and up to 20% of the population report this symptom de- pending on definitions used (2 – 28% adults; 0.7 – 30% children) [1 – 3], with a higher prevalence in women [1, 4, 5] ... See full document

... assessed using repeated point prevalence surveys at three organisations, follow- ing the stepped-wedge randomised design using freshly discarded faecal samples remaining after ... See full document

... the stepped wedge design are diffi- culties in blinding the participants and those delivering the intervention since the step from control to interven- tion is evident for ...the stepped wedge ... See full document

... Methods and analysis: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised design will be used. All recruitment hospitals begin in the control condition providing treatment as usual. In a randomly generated order, ... See full document

... of personal, social, and environmental factors ...changing personal be- haviour [9], whereas it is community-level interventions that have the potential to produce long-lasting benefits for the whole ... See full document

... were randomised controlled trials (10 were conducted in high income and only three in low- middle and middle- income country ...ness using health outcomes and a wide range of outcome measures ... See full document

... level care in the control period compared to ...rural health posts (subcentre) to primary care centres, meaning all women with asymptomatic anaemia triggering a yellow light were ...primary ... See full document

... National Health Service, Scotland, is a national organisa- tion for health information, statistics, and computing services and has been in existence for over 40 ...for maternity care are ... See full document

... of improving oxygen access through the use of appropriate equipment and supported by maintenance ...of improving healthcare worker use of oxygen through practical training, supportive supervision, and the ... See full document

... The current authors have undertaken a program of work to develop and implement Australian guidelines for ‘ Cancer Pain Management in Adults ’ , which are now available on- line via the Cancer Council Australia Cancer ... See full document

... Evaluation Protocol, and all made important contributions in revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual ...This study is supported by an NHMRC Partnership Project titled “Whole of Systems ... See full document

... of maternity care has been strongly recommended and encouraged in Victoria and throughout ...Victoria's maternity services" [1] in June 2004 which endorsed and promoted the expansion of public ... See full document

... of study (in months), season (December/January (when recruitment rates in RE- START have been low) versus all other months), site loca- tion (Scotland versus England/Wales), and an indicator variable for whether ... See full document

... randomized controlled trial with stepped wedge design including an effect, process, and cost evaluation will be conducted in six municipalities (clusters) in ...usual care to the ... See full document

... the study; background information highlighting the im- portance of the social gradient in perinatal and postpar- tum health, a group conversation of the contribution of the risk factors evaluated to this ... See full document

... We used a literature search strategy based on a previ- ously completed review to identify relevant articles for inclusion. In particular, we utilized a large number of search terms, across a large number of databases, ... See full document