Enhancing the effectiveness of interprofessional team working: costs and outcomes

ISRCTN ISRCTN84797581
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN84797581
Secondary identifying numbers 5850
Submission date
18/06/2010
Registration date
18/06/2010
Last edited
30/01/2020
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Signs and Symptoms
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Pam Enderby
Scientific

School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)
Regents Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom

Phone +44 114 222 2967
Email S.Nancarrow@sheffield.ac.uk

Study information

Study designMulticentre non-randomised interventional process of care trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designNon randomised study
Study setting(s)Other
Study typeQuality of life
Participant information sheet http://www.octagonsheffield.com/scharr/sections/hsr/rrg/eeicc/home.html
Scientific titleEnhancing the effectiveness of interprofessional team working: a multicentre non-randomised interventional process of care trial
Study acronymEEICC
Study objectivesWorking together in teams is suggested to be the most effective way of caring for older people in the community. However, there is little information on the best way of organising these teams, or how team working impacts on the health, quality or costs of this care.

We propose to identify the key features of good team working by undertaking further analysis of data collected in a previous study funded by the SDO, and by reviewing the literature published on this topic. The findings will be used to develop an Interprofessional Management Tool (IMT). The IMT will be used by teams to assess their strengths and weaknesses around team working in order to improve their service. We will involve staff and services in the development of the IMT to ensure that it is user-friendly and meets their needs. Central to this project is our desire to demonstrate effective and practical ways of helping teams introduce changes to their ways of working. We will do this by incorporating knowledge from other studies that have looked at the best ways of introducing change to working practices.

We will test the effectiveness of the IMT by working closely with 10 community-based teams who will implement the IMT. We will monitor the approach to team working in these teams over 15 months and assess changes in health outcomes of patients, staff satisfaction, and costs.
Ethics approval(s)Salford and Trafford MREC approved on the 11/09/2008, ref: 08/H1004/124
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedTopic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes, Primary Care Research Network for England; Subtopic: Not Assigned, Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: All Diseases, Age and ageing
InterventionThe intervention involves the implementation of an interprofessional teamworking approach with the participating teams, using an action research approach. Each team participates in an initial 'Search Evaluation Conference' followed by 3 action learning events, and a final dissemination event.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measure1. Change in EQ-ED, measured at admission and discharge, or within 3 months of admission (whichever is sooner)
2. Change in patient Therapy Outcome Measure (Activity domain), measured at admission and discharge, or within 3 months of admission (whichever is sooner)
Secondary outcome measuresService outcomes:
1. Costs: calculated for each service at the end of the study period

Staff outcomes:
2. Workforce Dynamics Questionnaire (staff satisfaction, intention to leave, professional autonomy), measured at month 3 (prior to the intervention) and month 9 (following the
completion of the intervention)
Overall study start date01/12/2008
Completion date01/08/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participantsPlanned sample size: 1200
Key inclusion criteriaAll people admitted to the participating intermediate care teams during the recruitment period (12 months)
Key exclusion criteriaDoes not meet inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment01/12/2008
Date of final enrolment01/08/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

University of Sheffield (UK)
University/education

Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
England
United Kingdom

Website http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/05krs5044

Funders

Funder type

Government

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/07/2015 30/01/2020 Yes No

Editorial Notes

30/01/2020: Publication reference added.
12/10/2016: No publications found in PubMed, verifying study status with principal investigator.