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The implementation of Journeying through Dementia: Strategies to run a successful pragmatic multicenter trial of a complex intervention.

Katherine BerryJessica WrightKirsty SprangeCindy L CooperRebecca Courtney-WalkerGail A Mountain
Published in: Brain and behavior (2021)
We provide guidance for researchers involved in the trialing of other complex interventions in how these challenges might be overcome. These include: recruiting additional staff to deliver the intervention; having clear protocols in place for managing staff absences; using supervision to problem solve participant attendance at intervention sessions and difficult group dynamics; monitoring staff engagement in supervision and addressing problems with engagement with staff and managers when this occurs; giving staff ring-fenced time to deliver the intervention and engage in supervision; and regular monitoring and feedback in relation to the content of the intervention to ensure that it is consistent with ethos and content of the intervention manual.
Keyphrases
  • randomized controlled trial
  • study protocol
  • clinical trial
  • long term care
  • mental health
  • primary care
  • social media
  • physical activity
  • cross sectional
  • open label
  • phase ii
  • placebo controlled