Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Pam Enderby
ORCID ID
Contact details
School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)
Regents Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom
+44 114 222 2967
S.Nancarrow@sheffield.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
5850
Study information
Scientific title
Enhancing the effectiveness of interprofessional team working: a multicentre non-randomised interventional process of care trial
Acronym
EEICC
Study hypothesis
Working 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
Salford and Trafford MREC approved on the 11/09/2008, ref: 08/H1004/124
Study design
Multicentre non-randomised interventional process of care trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Non randomised study
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
http://www.octagonsheffield.com/scharr/sections/hsr/rrg/eeicc/home.html
Condition
Topic: 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
Intervention
The 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 type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. 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 measures
Service 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 trial start date
01/12/2008
Overall trial end date
01/08/2010
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All people admitted to the participating intermediate care teams during the recruitment period (12 months)
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Planned sample size: 1200
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/12/2008
Recruitment end date
01/08/2010
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Sheffield (UK)
Sponsor details
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary