Partners At Care Transitions (PACT) WP4v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Partners At Care Transitions (PACT): Pilot testing the PACT intervention.
IRAS ID
250285
Contact name
Rebecca Lawton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 4 days
Research summary
Exploring how patient experience and safety for older people leaving hospital care might be improved with the Partners at Care Transitions intervention.
The period after being discharged from hospital can be risky for patients, especially those who are older, frail or who have multiple health conditions. Because of this, there have been numerous research studies that have explored how to reduce this risk. Whilst there appears to be little agreement about the best way to do this, some research has suggested that supporting patient and family involvement in the process of discharge is an effective way to reduce the risks associated with leaving hospital. This research study aims to understand how an intervention to support older patients (aged 75+), might be used by staff, patients and their families. The intervention will take the form of a patient-owned transitions ‘passport’, with a set of complimentary components for hospital ward staff to support engagement.
The research will take place across a three month period, within two hospital wards in a West Yorkshire Hospital. We will recruit 30 patients to take part in the study, all of whom will be interviewed at their bedside after giving consent, and then will be invited to a follow up interview 30-days after discharge. A sub-set of 15 patients will be asked to consent to having their care observed by researchers, to understand how the intervention impacts on their experience of care. In addition, we will interview staff to gain their views on the intervention. We will also analyse the completed passports that will be retrieved from patients after 30 days back at home.
The findings from this study will be used to revise the intervention with staff and patients. This revised intervention will then be tested more formally in a feasibility trial in Spring 2019.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NW/0636
Date of REC Opinion
5 Dec 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion