Tailoring an intervention to the educational needs of healthcare professionals in nursing homes: Does it have an impact on the use of an early warning score?

The effectiveness of an integrated-KT intervention to implement NEWS2 in nursing homes

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN12437773

Enrollment

Registered

2020-03-19

Start date

2018-12-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-09-23

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Nursing home residents Not Applicable

Interventions

This intervention was developed in collaboration with staff and leaders in nursing homes to tailor the needs in nursing homes to implement NEWS2. NEWS2 is the tool used for early identification of ac

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion happened at the level of institution. Public nursing homes in a large municipality in Norway were eligible for inclusion.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Public nursing home conceptually different from the typical facilities (facility for independently living patients discharged extra early from hospital ("a bed on the way home from hospital") 2. Public nursing homes considered unfit to participate in this intervention (as decided by the Municipality's Division of Nursing Homes)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Degree of implementation of NEWS2. Data will be extracted from individual Electronic Patient Journals (EPJ). Monthly baseline measures with NEWS2 for eligible residents and the level of use of NEWS2 in clinical indication.	—

Countries

Norway

Contacts

Public ContactBirgitte Graverholt

bgra@hvl.no+47 55585800

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026