Willis, TA, Hartley, S, Glidewell, E et al. (14 more authors) (2016) Action to Support Practices Implement Research Evidence (ASPIRE): protocol for a cluster-randomised evaluation of adaptable implementation packages targeting ‘high impact’ clinical practice recommendations in general practice. Implementation Science, 11 (25). ISSN 1748-5908
Abstract
Background There are recognised gaps between evidence and practice in general practice, a setting which provides particular challenges for implementation. We earlier screened clinical guideline recommendations to derive a set of ‘high impact’ indicators based upon criteria including potential for significant patient benefit, scope for improved practice and amenability to measurement using routinely collected data. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted, adaptable intervention package to implement four targeted, high impact recommendations in general practice. Methods/Design The research programme Action to Support Practice Implement Research Evidence (ASPIRE) includes a pair of pragmatic cluster randomised trials which use a balanced incomplete block design. Clusters are general practices in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (UK) recruited using an ‘opt-out’ recruitment process. The intervention package adapted to each recommendation includes combinations of audit and feedback, educational outreach visits and computerised prompts with embedded behaviour change techniques selected on the basis of identified needs and barriers to change. In trial one, practices are randomised to adapted interventions targeting either diabetes control or risky prescribing and those in trial two to adapted interventions targeting either blood pressure control in patients at risk of cardiovascular events or anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation. The respective primary endpoints comprise achievement of all recommended target levels of Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), blood pressure and cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes, a composite indicator of risky prescribing, achievement of recommended blood pressure targets for specific patient groups, and anticoagulation prescribing in patients with atrial fibrillation. We are also randomising practices to a fifth, non-intervention control group to further assess Hawthorne effects. Outcomes will be assessed using routinely collected data extracted one year after randomisation. Economic modelling will estimate intervention cost-effectiveness. A process evaluation involving eight non-trial practices will examine intervention delivery, mechanisms of action and unintended consequences. Discussion ASPIRE will provide ‘real world’ evidence about the effects, cost-effectiveness and delivery of adapted intervention packages targeting high impact recommendations. By implementing our adaptable intervention package across four distinct clinical topics, and using ‘opt-out’ recruitment, our findings will provide evidence of wider generalisability. Trial Registration ISRCTN91989345 assigned 20th February 2015
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Willis et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
Keywords: | Primary care; Implementation; Cluster randomised trial; Clinical guidelines; Diabetes; Prescribing; Atrial fibrillation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Inst of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Academic Unit of Primary Care (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number National Inst for Health Research (NIHR) RP-PG-1209-10040 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2016 13:27 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2018 15:43 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-016-0387-5 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s13012-016-0387-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95478 |