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A feasibility study comparing UK older adult mental health inpatient wards which use protected engagement time with other wards which do not: study protocol

Overview of attention for article published in Pilot and Feasibility Studies, January 2016
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Title
A feasibility study comparing UK older adult mental health inpatient wards which use protected engagement time with other wards which do not: study protocol
Published in
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, January 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40814-016-0049-z
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Fiona M. Nolan, Chris Fox, Richard Cheston, David Turner, Allan Clark, Emily Dodd, Mary-Ellen Khoo, Richard Gray

Abstract

Protected engagement time (PET) is a concept of managing staff time on mental health inpatient wards with the aim of increasing staff and patient interaction. Despite apparent widespread use of PET, there remains a dearth of evidence as to how it is implemented and whether it carries benefits for staff or patients. This protocol describes a study which is being carried out on mental health wards caring for older adults (aged over 65) in England. The study shares a large proportion of the procedures, measures and study team membership of a recently completed investigation of the impact of PET in adult acute mental health wards. The study aims to identify prevalence and components of PET to construct a model for the intervention, in addition to testing the feasibility of the measures and procedures in preparation for a randomised trial. The study comprises four modules and uses a mixed methods approach. Module 1 involves mapping all inpatient wards in England which provide care for older adults, including those with dementia, ascertaining how many of these provide PET and in what way. Module 2 uses a prospective cohort method to compare five older adult mental health wards that use PET with five that do not across three National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust sites. The comparison comprises questionnaires, observation tools and routinely collected clinical service data and combines validated measures with questions developed specifically for the study. Module 3 entails an in-depth case study evaluation of three of the participating PET wards (one from each NHS Trust site) using semi-structured interviews with patients, carers and staff. Module 4 describes the development of a model and fidelity scale for PET using the information derived from the other modules with a working group of patients, carers and staff. This is a feasibility study to test the application of the measures and methods in inpatient wards for older adults and develop a draft model for the intervention. The next stage will prospectively involve testing of the model and fidelity scale in randomised conditions to provide evidence for the effectiveness of PET as an intervention. ISRCTN31919196.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 3%
Unknown 31 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 13%
Researcher 4 13%
Professor 3 9%
Student > Master 3 9%
Student > Bachelor 2 6%
Other 8 25%
Unknown 8 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 7 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 9%
Social Sciences 3 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 13 41%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 August 2018.
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#5,922,229
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#368
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#91,890
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#5
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