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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Implementing the theory-based advance care planning ACP+ programme for nursing homes: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation.

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2020 Jan 08


BMC Palliat Care


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915000?dopt=Abstract


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Implementing the theory-based advance care planning ACP+ programme for nursing homes: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation.

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Implementing the theory-based advance care planning ACP+ programme for nursing homes: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation.
Gilissen J, Pivodic L, Wendrich-van Dael A, Gastmans C, Vander Stichele R, Engels Y, Vernooij-Dassen M, Deliens L, Van den Block L
BMC Palliat Care. 2020 Jan 08; 19(1):5.
PMID: 31915000.

Abstract

Research has highlighted the need for improving the implementation of advance care planning (ACP) in nursing homes. We developed a theory-based multicomponent ACP intervention (the ACP+ programme) aimed at supporting nursing home staff with the implementation of ACP into routine nursing home care. We describe here the protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) that aims to evaluate the effects of ACP+ on nursing home staff and volunteer level outcomes and its underlying processes of change.
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