Implementing evidence-based recommended practices for the management of patients with mild traumatic brain injuries in Australian emergency care departments: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101263253 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1745-6215 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17456215 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Trials Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: [London] : BioMed Central, 2006-

Emergency Medical Services*/economics ; Emergency Medical Services*/standards ; Evidence-Based Medicine*/economics ; Evidence-Based Medicine*/education ; Evidence-Based Medicine*/standards ; Research Design*; Brain Injuries/*therapy; Australia ; Brain Injuries/complications ; Brain Injuries/diagnosis ; Brain Injuries/economics ; Clinical Protocols ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Education, Medical, Continuing ; Guideline Adherence ; Hospital Costs ; Humans ; Injury Severity Score ; Inservice Training ; Patient Care Team ; Practice Guidelines as Topic ; Practice Patterns, Physicians' ; Sample Size ; Time Factors ; Treatment Outcome

Background: Mild head injuries commonly present to emergency departments. The challenges facing clinicians in emergency departments include identifying which patients have traumatic brain injury, and which patients can safely be sent home. Traumatic brain injuries may exist with subtle symptoms or signs, but can still lead to adverse outcomes. Despite the existence of several high quality clinical practice guidelines, internationally and in Australia, research shows inconsistent implementation of these recommendations. The aim of this trial is to test the effectiveness of a targeted, theory- and evidence-informed implementation intervention to increase the uptake of three key clinical recommendations regarding the emergency department management of adult patients (18 years of age or older) who present following mild head injuries (concussion), compared with passive dissemination of these recommendations. The primary objective is to establish whether the intervention is effective in increasing the percentage of patients for which appropriate post-traumatic amnesia screening is performed.
Methods/design: The design of this study is a cluster randomised trial. We aim to include 34 Australian 24-hour emergency departments, which will be randomised to an intervention or control group. Control group departments will receive a copy of the most recent Australian evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the acute management of patients with mild head injuries. The intervention group will receive an implementation intervention based on an analysis of influencing factors, which include local stakeholder meetings, identification of nursing and medical opinion leaders in each site, a train-the-trainer day and standardised education and interactive workshops delivered by the opinion leaders during a 3 month period of time. Clinical practice outcomes will be collected retrospectively from medical records by independent chart auditors over the 2 month period following intervention delivery (patient level outcomes). In consenting hospitals, eligible patients will be recruited for a follow-up telephone interview conducted by trained researchers. A cost-effectiveness analysis and process evaluation using mixed-methods will be conducted. Sample size calculations are based on including 30 patients on average per department. Outcome assessors will be blinded to group allocation.
Trial Registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12612001286831 (date registered 12 December 2012).

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Investigator: M Bayley; H Buchan; P Cameron; J Cooper; N Ellis; M Fitzgerald; J Francis; S Green; J Grimshaw; R Gruen; S Huckson; T Joseph; F Khan; J Knott; J Lavis; S Marshall; S Michie; P Morley; A Pearce; J Ponsford; J Rosenfeld; N Rushworth; L Sherry; O Clavisi; D Cooksley; C Harris; A Kaye; S Marshall; S McDonald; A Morokoff; J Zobel; S Goergen; S Meares; S Michie; T Smyth; M Chau; O Clavisi; L Varanelli; SM Goh

ANZCTR ACTRN12612001286831

Date Created: 20140712 Date Completed: 20150331 Latest Revision: 20211021

20231215

PMC4107995

10.1186/1745-6215-15-281

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