An observational study in Nutrition, sponsored by Bournemouth University. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-01-05.
Sponsored by Bournemouth University · Observational
The study explores the impact of organisational culture on multidisciplinary teams in the provision of nutritional care for older hospitalised acute in-patients by collaborating with patients and/or their relatives and healthcare practitioners to influence change.
This study adopts an action research (AR) approach given that sustained change is more likely if it incorporates authentic staff engagement. The key choice made in formulating the research design is to adopt an approach that is collaborative and participatory in a process of action and learning.
Here, eligible health practitioners involved in any aspect of the patients' food and nutritional care or helping to feed patients during mealtimes would be represented in one central team, engaging as co-researchers in the study.
Patients and/or relatives will participate in a focus group or interview session. The AR team participants will be involved in the iterative action research cycle, reflecting on current nutritional care practices, collectively evaluate patients' stories and consider ways to improve eating and drinking on the wards. The AR team will meet throughout the course of 12 months.
The study will provide insight into the impact of organisational culture ('the way the investigators do things') in the delivery of good nutritional care and elucidate the roles and responsibilities of nurses and other staff groups involved in the provision of nutritional care.
This research will provide data on the organisational culture of interdisciplinary teams working at both micro and macro levels while providing insight into the potential for AR to be used in a wider arena within the hospital to improve practice.
Bournemouth University is the lead sponsor of 52 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.
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Recently discharged patients from an acute healthcare setting.
Exclusion Criteria:
The interventions will be co-designed with the action research team
Focus Group sessions / Action research team meetings
The action research team will have focus group/meetings involving health professionals willing to participate as co-researchers to collectively draw on their experiences to collaborate and implement interventions to improve nutritional care delivery for patients following the iterative AR cycles; planning, taking action, observing and evaluating interventions. The group meetings will be spread across 12 months. Outcome measures are obtained from interventions implemented as agreed by the team and as informed by preliminary data (such as the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool ('MUST') audit).
Time frame: 12 months
Interview/focus group
Semi-structured interview or focus group with patients and /or their relatives willing to share their experiences on food and nutritional care.
Time frame: 8 months
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool Hospital Audit.
Evaluation of 'MUST' Audit pre and post intervention.
Time frame: 18 months
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