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    <required_header>
      <download_date>ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023</download_date>
      <link_text>Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.</link_text>
      <url>https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05986929</url>
    </required_header>
    <id_info>
      <org_study_id>2024-5186</org_study_id>
      <nct_id>NCT05986929</nct_id>
    </id_info>
    <brief_title>Acceptability, Barriers and Facilitators of a Communication Tool in Hospital Settings</brief_title>
    <official_title>Acceptability of a Communication Tool Using Bedside Magnetized Posters, as Well as Barriers and Facilitators to Its Use.</official_title>
    <sponsors>
      <lead_sponsor>
        <agency>Université de Sherbrooke</agency>
        <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
      </lead_sponsor>
      <collaborator>
        <agency>Fondation Vitae</agency>
        <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
      </collaborator>
    </sponsors>
    <source>Université de Sherbrooke</source>
    <oversight_info>
      <has_dmc>No</has_dmc>
      <is_fda_regulated_drug>No</is_fda_regulated_drug>
      <is_fda_regulated_device>No</is_fda_regulated_device>
    </oversight_info>
    <brief_summary>
      <textblock>
        The presence of appropriate systems to promote good communication within the care team is one&#xD;
        of the ten important characteristics identified for effective interdisciplinary work.&#xD;
        However, the current communication systems at the Eastern Townships University Health and&#xD;
        Social Services Centre of the Sherbrooke University Hospital (SUH), an hospital setting in&#xD;
        Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada), are numerous, scattered and difficult to identify quickly. The&#xD;
        bedside magnetized posters were developed to address this issue. The use of this kind of tool&#xD;
        should improve teamwork, communication, and patient care. As the bedside magnetized posters&#xD;
        are now well established on the stroke and geriatric units at the SUH, it is essential to&#xD;
        evaluate their acceptability by staff members. In addition, identifying the barriers and&#xD;
        facilitators to their use will support the team for eventual deployment in other care&#xD;
        environments at the SUH.&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </brief_summary>
    <detailed_description>
      <textblock>
        The objectives of the study are:&#xD;
  &#xD;
          1. To describe the acceptability of magnetic posters by staff members in the Neurology&#xD;
             Department - Stroke Unit, where they are already well established, and in the Geriatric&#xD;
             Department, where they are newly introduced.&#xD;
  &#xD;
          2. To identify barriers and facilitators to the use of magnetic posters to assist the team&#xD;
             in an eventual deployment in other care environments at SUH.&#xD;
  &#xD;
        Methods&#xD;
  &#xD;
        A mixed sequential design will be used (quantitative, qualitative and observational). The&#xD;
        study population will be staff working with inpatients in the neurology-stroke and geriatric&#xD;
        units of SUH. Staff meeting the eligibility criteria will be invited to complete an&#xD;
        electronic survey on the acceptability of the magnetic posters. The survey will consist of 15&#xD;
        closed questions relating to the use of the magnetic posters (e.g. frequency of poster&#xD;
        consultation) and its acceptability (e.g. ease of use, poster content), one open question to&#xD;
        gather suggestions for improving the tool and 6 socio-demographic questions. The survey will&#xD;
        take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete, and responses will be recorded on the Research&#xD;
        Centre on Aging's RedCap server for later analysis.&#xD;
  &#xD;
        Also, a member of the research team will carry out observations on the neurology-stroke and&#xD;
        geriatric units for one half-day, in order to collect data concerning, among other things,&#xD;
        how the posters are used (e.g. where are the posters available to staff, which posters are&#xD;
        used) and the characteristics of the patients for whom the posters are used.&#xD;
  &#xD;
        Finally, two semi-structured group interviews, one for the neurology-stroke unit and one for&#xD;
        the geriatric unit, will be facilitated by a member of the research team. Each group will be&#xD;
        made up of 6 to 8 employees from a variety of professions, in order to be representative of&#xD;
        the population under study and will last 30-60 minutes. The focus groups will address the&#xD;
        facilitators and barriers to poster use for each respective unit. Discussions will be&#xD;
        recorded and verbatims will be kept for later analysis.&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </detailed_description>
    <overall_status>Not yet recruiting</overall_status>
    <start_date type="Anticipated">September 1, 2023</start_date>
    <completion_date type="Anticipated">September 1, 2024</completion_date>
    <primary_completion_date type="Anticipated">June 1, 2024</primary_completion_date>
    <study_type>Observational</study_type>
    <has_expanded_access>No</has_expanded_access>
    <study_design_info>
      <observational_model>Case-Only</observational_model>
      <time_perspective>Prospective</time_perspective>
    </study_design_info>
    <primary_outcome>
      <measure>Acceptability</measure>
      <time_frame>From the time the participants begin the electronic survey to the time their answers are sent off (approx. 15 to 20 minutes). There are no cut-off points for this outcome</time_frame>
      <description>questions on acceptability of the magnetic posters will be asked in the electronic survey</description>
    </primary_outcome>
    <primary_outcome>
      <measure>Barriers and facilitators</measure>
      <time_frame>This outcome will be measured during the participants' focus group, which should have a duration of approx. 60 minutes. There are no cut-off points for this outcome</time_frame>
      <description>questions on barriers and facilitators to poster use will be asked during the focus group</description>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <measure>Questionnaire on the use of the magnetic posters</measure>
      <time_frame>This outcome will be measured during the observational half-day, which should have a duration of approx. 4 hours. There are no cut-off points for this outcome</time_frame>
      <description>during the observational half-day, how the posters are used (where they are used and which posters are used) in the stroke and geriatric units will be collected</description>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <measure>Characteristics of the patients</measure>
      <time_frame>This outcome will be measured during the observational half-day, which should have a duration of approx. 4 hours. There are no cut-off points for this outcome</time_frame>
      <description>This outcome will be measured during the observational half-day, which should have a duration of approx. 4 hours.</description>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <number_of_groups>1</number_of_groups>
    <enrollment type="Anticipated">100</enrollment>
    <condition>Communication, Multidisciplinary</condition>
    <arm_group>
      <arm_group_label>Staff on the neurology and geriatric units</arm_group_label>
      <description>Staff that will participate in the electronic survey (N=100) and focus group (N=6-8)</description>
    </arm_group>
    <intervention>
      <intervention_type>Other</intervention_type>
      <intervention_name>focus group</intervention_name>
      <description>Two semi-structured group interviews, lasting 30-60 minutes, on facilitators and barriers to poster use by staff members (N=6-8).</description>
      <arm_group_label>Staff on the neurology and geriatric units</arm_group_label>
    </intervention>
    <intervention>
      <intervention_type>Other</intervention_type>
      <intervention_name>electronic survey</intervention_name>
      <description>An electronic survey of 15 closed questions on the acceptability of the magnetic posters (N=100).</description>
      <arm_group_label>Staff on the neurology and geriatric units</arm_group_label>
    </intervention>
    <eligibility>
      <study_pop>
        <textblock>
          The study population will consist of staff members working with people hospitalized in the&#xD;
          neurology-stroke and geriatric units of SUH. The sample will be made up of various types of&#xD;
          professionals such as nurses, beneficiary attendants, physicians, residents,&#xD;
          physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, nutritionists, social&#xD;
          workers, as well as people assigned to housekeeping and user transportation. If student&#xD;
          nurses are present on these units at the time of recruitment, they may also be asked to&#xD;
          participate.&#xD;
        </textblock>
      </study_pop>
      <sampling_method>Non-Probability Sample</sampling_method>
      <criteria>
        <textblock>
          Inclusion Criteria:&#xD;
  &#xD;
            -  adults aged 18 and over&#xD;
  &#xD;
            -  employed by the SUH and working on stroke and geriatric units&#xD;
  &#xD;
          Exclusion Criteria:&#xD;
  &#xD;
            -  none&#xD;
        </textblock>
      </criteria>
      <gender>All</gender>
      <minimum_age>18 Years</minimum_age>
      <maximum_age>N/A</maximum_age>
      <healthy_volunteers>Accepts Healthy Volunteers</healthy_volunteers>
    </eligibility>
    <overall_official>
      <last_name>Marie-Helene Milot, PhD</last_name>
      <role>Principal Investigator</role>
      <affiliation>Université de Sherbrooke</affiliation>
    </overall_official>
    <overall_contact>
      <last_name>Marie-Helene Milot, PhD</last_name>
      <phone>819-780-2220</phone>
      <phone_ext>45277</phone_ext>
      <email>marie-helene.milot@usherbrooke.ca</email>
    </overall_contact>
    <overall_contact_backup>
      <last_name>Caroline Cayer, MSc</last_name>
      <phone>819-346-1110</phone>
      <phone_ext>13920</phone_ext>
      <email>caroline.cayer.ciussse-chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca</email>
    </overall_contact_backup>
    <location>
      <facility>
        <name>CIUSSS de l'Estrie CHUS</name>
        <address>
          <city>Sherbrooke</city>
          <state>Quebec</state>
          <zip>J1H 5N4</zip>
          <country>Canada</country>
        </address>
      </facility>
      <contact>
        <last_name>Caroline Cayer, MSc</last_name>
        <phone>819-346-1110</phone>
        <phone_ext>13920</phone_ext>
        <email>caroline.cayer.ciussse-chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca</email>
      </contact>
      <investigator>
        <last_name>Marie-Helene Milot, PhD</last_name>
        <role>Principal Investigator</role>
      </investigator>
    </location>
    <location_countries>
      <country>Canada</country>
    </location_countries>
    <verification_date>August 2023</verification_date>
    <study_first_submitted>June 30, 2023</study_first_submitted>
    <study_first_submitted_qc>August 8, 2023</study_first_submitted_qc>
    <study_first_posted type="Actual">August 14, 2023</study_first_posted>
    <last_update_submitted>August 8, 2023</last_update_submitted>
    <last_update_submitted_qc>August 8, 2023</last_update_submitted_qc>
    <last_update_posted type="Actual">August 14, 2023</last_update_posted>
    <responsible_party>
      <responsible_party_type>Sponsor</responsible_party_type>
    </responsible_party>
    <keyword>communication</keyword>
    <keyword>multidisciplinary</keyword>
    <keyword>hospital settings</keyword>
    <patient_data>
      <sharing_ipd>No</sharing_ipd>
    </patient_data>
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  </clinical_study>
  
  
text: download date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023
  link text: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
  url: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05986929
  org study id: 2024-5186
  nct id: NCT05986929
  lead sponsor: 
  collaborator: 
  has dmc: No
  is fda regulated drug: No
  is fda regulated device: No
  The presence of appropriate systems to promote good communication within the care team is one
        of the ten important characteristics identified for effective interdisciplinary work.
        However, the current communication systems at the Eastern Townships University Health and
        Social Services Centre of the Sherbrooke University Hospital (SUH), an hospital setting in
        Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada), are numerous, scattered and difficult to identify quickly. The
        bedside magnetized posters were developed to address this issue. The use of this kind of tool
        should improve teamwork, communication, and patient care. As the bedside magnetized posters
        are now well established on the stroke and geriatric units at the SUH, it is essential to
        evaluate their acceptability by staff members. In addition, identifying the barriers and
        facilitators to their use will support the team for eventual deployment in other care
        environments at the SUH.
  The objectives of the study are:
  
          1. To describe the acceptability of magnetic posters by staff members in the Neurology
             Department - Stroke Unit, where they are already well established, and in the Geriatric
             Department, where they are newly introduced.
  
          2. To identify barriers and facilitators to the use of magnetic posters to assist the team
             in an eventual deployment in other care environments at SUH.
  
        Methods
  
        A mixed sequential design will be used (quantitative, qualitative and observational). The
        study population will be staff working with inpatients in the neurology-stroke and geriatric
        units of SUH. Staff meeting the eligibility criteria will be invited to complete an
        electronic survey on the acceptability of the magnetic posters. The survey will consist of 15
        closed questions relating to the use of the magnetic posters (e.g. frequency of poster
        consultation) and its acceptability (e.g. ease of use, poster content), one open question to
        gather suggestions for improving the tool and 6 socio-demographic questions. The survey will
        take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete, and responses will be recorded on the Research
        Centre on Aging's RedCap server for later analysis.
  
        Also, a member of the research team will carry out observations on the neurology-stroke and
        geriatric units for one half-day, in order to collect data concerning, among other things,
        how the posters are used (e.g. where are the posters available to staff, which posters are
        used) and the characteristics of the patients for whom the posters are used.
  
        Finally, two semi-structured group interviews, one for the neurology-stroke unit and one for
        the geriatric unit, will be facilitated by a member of the research team. Each group will be
        made up of 6 to 8 employees from a variety of professions, in order to be representative of
        the population under study and will last 30-60 minutes. The focus groups will address the
        facilitators and barriers to poster use for each respective unit. Discussions will be
        recorded and verbatims will be kept for later analysis.
  observational model: Case-Only
  time perspective: Prospective
  measure: Acceptability
  time frame: From the time the participants begin the electronic survey to the time their answers are sent off (approx. 15 to 20 minutes). There are no cut-off points for this outcome
  description: questions on acceptability of the magnetic posters will be asked in the electronic survey
  measure: Barriers and facilitators
  time frame: This outcome will be measured during the participants' focus group, which should have a duration of approx. 60 minutes. There are no cut-off points for this outcome
  description: questions on barriers and facilitators to poster use will be asked during the focus group
  measure: Questionnaire on the use of the magnetic posters
  time frame: This outcome will be measured during the observational half-day, which should have a duration of approx. 4 hours. There are no cut-off points for this outcome
  description: during the observational half-day, how the posters are used (where they are used and which posters are used) in the stroke and geriatric units will be collected
  measure: Characteristics of the patients
  time frame: This outcome will be measured during the observational half-day, which should have a duration of approx. 4 hours. There are no cut-off points for this outcome
  description: This outcome will be measured during the observational half-day, which should have a duration of approx. 4 hours.
  arm group label: Staff on the neurology and geriatric units
  description: Staff that will participate in the electronic survey (N=100) and focus group (N=6-8)
  intervention type: Other
  intervention name: focus group
  description: Two semi-structured group interviews, lasting 30-60 minutes, on facilitators and barriers to poster use by staff members (N=6-8).
  arm group label: Staff on the neurology and geriatric units
  intervention type: Other
  intervention name: electronic survey
  description: An electronic survey of 15 closed questions on the acceptability of the magnetic posters (N=100).
  arm group label: Staff on the neurology and geriatric units
  study pop: 
  sampling method: Non-Probability Sample
  criteria: 
  gender: All
  minimum age: 18 Years
  maximum age: N/A
  healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
  last name: Marie-Helene Milot, PhD
  role: Principal Investigator
  affiliation: Université de Sherbrooke
  last name: Marie-Helene Milot, PhD
  phone: 819-780-2220
  phone ext: 45277
  email: marie-helene.milot@usherbrooke.ca
  last name: Caroline Cayer, MSc
  phone: 819-346-1110
  phone ext: 13920
  email: caroline.cayer.ciussse-chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
  facility: 
  contact: 
  investigator: 
  country: Canada
  responsible party type: Sponsor
  sharing ipd: No