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Can Health-care Assistant Training improve the relational care of older people? (CHAT) A development and feasibility study of a complex intervention |
Arthur A, Aldus C, Sarre S, Maben J, Wharrad H, Schneider J, Barton G, Argyle E, Clark A, Nouri F & Nicholson C |
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Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Arthur A, Aldus C, Sarre S, Maben J, Wharrad H, Schneider J, Barton G, Argyle E, Clark A, Nouri F & Nicholson C. Can Health-care Assistant Training improve the relational care of older people? (CHAT) A development and feasibility study of a complex intervention. Health Services and Delivery Research 2017; 5(10) Authors' objectives Older people account for an increasing proportion of those receiving NHS acute care. The quality of health care delivered to older people has come under increased scrutiny. Health-care assistants (HCAs) provide much of the direct care of older people in hospital. Patients' experience of care tends to be based on the relational aspects of that care including dignity, empathy and emotional support
We aimed to understand the relational care training needs of HCAs caring for older people, design a relational care training intervention for HCAs and assess the feasibility of a cluster randomised controlled trial to test the new intervention against HCA training as usual (TAU). Authors' conclusions The intervention had high acceptability among nurse trainers and HCA learners. Viability of a definitive trial is conditional on overcoming specific methodological (patient recruitment processes) and contextual (involvement of wider ward team) challenges. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Allied Health Personnel; Clothing; Feasibility Studies; Hospitals; Humans; Learning Language Published English Country of organisation England English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence HS&DR Programme, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton, Alpha House, Enterprise Road, Southampton, SO16 7NS, UK Tel: +44 23 8059 4304
Email: hsdrinfo@southampton.ac.uk AccessionNumber 32017000188 Date abstract record published 04/04/2017 |
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