Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02455310
Extension Connection Evaluation
Extension Connection: Dissemination Effectiveness Evaluation
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 44,524 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ryan M. Carnahan · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study will perform a retrospective analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of a multicomponent educational intervention to improve medication use and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, relative to a statewide intervention that has been ongoing. Medication use and symptom severity outcomes will be compared among intervention counties and demographically similar non-intervention counties.
Detailed description
This study will perform a retrospective analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of a multicomponent educational intervention to improve medication use and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, relative to a statewide intervention that has been ongoing. Medication use and symptom severity outcomes will be compared among 29 intervention counties and 10 demographically similar non-intervention counties. The long-term effectiveness of the statewide intervention will also be evaluated. Medicare and Minimum Data set data from 2011 to 2014 will be used to evaluate prescribing and other outcomes in 1) outpatients with dementia, and 2) nursing home residents, based on exposure to interventions among healthcare and nursing home providers. Measurable goals included increasing the appropriateness of antipsychotic prescribing and reducing anticholinergic use. Effect modification will be evaluated by level of participation in the intervention and other prescriber and nursing home facility characteristics.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Educational activities to improve dementia care | The multicomponent intervention included active dissemination of educational resources and optional participation in specialist consultation sessions for up to 6 months. The standard intervention included education through a website or conferences, including clinical tools to support implementation of best practices. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-06-01
- Completion
- 2018-11-01
- First posted
- 2015-05-27
- Last updated
- 2019-05-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02455310. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.