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THEO (Therapeutic Optimisation) study
The THEO study is a complex intervention and research study that is using both an increase in registered nurse staffing and a programme of practice development activities to support the embedding of continuous improvement to increase the quality and safety of care delivered to patients on older people’s wards. The THEO intervention will be delivered via a participatory action research (PAR) approach, which is further embedded into a quasi-experimental (before and after implementation) research study conducted across two NHS (National Health Service) Trusts within the Norfolk & Waveney Integrated Care System.
The THEO study is a collaboration with the NICHE team, UEA ,University of Staffordshire, London South Bank University, the Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust and the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Table 1: Summary of the study
Phase | Who is leading | Intervention |
|---|---|---|
1.Pre-study
| All stakeholders | Development, recruitment and induction of two registered nurses for each unit. |
2.1 Implementation (Part 1) | NICHE team, UEA | Integration of the new registered nurses into the existing clinical teams and planning and planning for PAR with the co-researchers. |
2.2 Implementation (Part 2)
| NICHE team, UEA
| PAR will involve active participation from staff members, patients, family members and carers to participate in gathering and analysing evidence about current delivery of care. This will then be used to identify and implement innovations through shared decision making. |
3. Ongoing integrated (Process and outcome) evaluation
| University of Staffordshire | Wrapped around the implementation of the PAR are three other research elements, involving quantitative, qualitative and process evaluation research. |
For further Information please contact: Joanne Odell, Senior Research Associate, Practice Development , NICHE team, UEA
Email: J.Odell@uea.ac.uk
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