eprintid: 10075086 rev_number: 24 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/07/50/86 datestamp: 2019-05-31 17:07:39 lastmod: 2021-12-03 23:13:53 status_changed: 2019-05-31 17:07:39 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Sampson, EL creators_name: Feast, A creators_name: Blighe, A creators_name: Froggatt, K creators_name: Hunter, R creators_name: Marston, L creators_name: McCormack, B creators_name: Nurock, S creators_name: Panca, M creators_name: Powell, C creators_name: Rait, G creators_name: Robinson, L creators_name: Woodward-Carlton, B creators_name: Young, J creators_name: Downs, M title: Evidence-based intervention to reduce avoidable hospital admissions in care home residents (the Better Health in Residents in Care Homes (BHiRCH) study): protocol for a pilot cluster randomised trial ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D79 divisions: D65 divisions: H20 divisions: D12 divisions: G20 keywords: dementia, geriatric medicine, heart failure, primary care, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections note: Copyright © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. abstract: INTRODUCTION: Acute hospital admission is distressing for care home residents. Ambulatory care sensitive conditions, such as respiratory and urinary tract infections, are conditions that can cause unplanned hospital admission but may have been avoidable with timely detection and intervention in the community. The Better Health in Residents in Care Homes (BHiRCH) programme has feasibility tested and will pilot a multicomponent intervention to reduce these avoidable hospital admissions. The BHiRCH intervention comprises an early warning tool for noting changes in resident health, a care pathway (clinical guidance and decision support system) and a structured method for communicating with primary care, adapted for use in the care home. We use practice development champions to support implementation and embed changes in care. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Cluster randomised pilot trial to test study procedures and indicate whether a further definitive trial is warranted. Fourteen care homes with nursing (nursing homes) will be randomly allocated to intervention (delivered at nursing home level) or control groups. Two nurses from each home become Practice Development Champions trained to implement the intervention, supported by a practice development support group. Data will be collected for 3 months preintervention, monthly during the 12-month intervention and 1 month after. Individual-level data includes resident, care partner and staff demographics, resident functional status, service use and quality of life (for health economic analysis) and the extent to which staff perceive the organisation supports person centred care. System-level data includes primary and secondary health services contacts (ie, general practitioner and hospital admissions). Process evaluation assesses intervention acceptability, feasibility, fidelity, ease of implementation in practice and study procedures (ie, consent and recruitment rates). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Approved by Research Ethics Committee and the UK Health Research Authority. Findings will be disseminated via academic and policy conferences, peer-reviewed publications and social media (eg, Twitter). TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN74109734; Pre-results. date: 2019-04 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026510 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1661128 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026510 pii: bmjopen-2018-026510 lyricists_name: Hunter, Rachael lyricists_name: Marston, Louise lyricists_name: Panca, Monica lyricists_name: Rait, Greta lyricists_name: Sampson, Elizabeth lyricists_id: RMHUN48 lyricists_id: LMARS51 lyricists_id: MPANC61 lyricists_id: GRAIT16 lyricists_id: ELSAM39 actors_name: Marston, Louise actors_id: LMARS51 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: BMJ Open volume: 9 number: 5 article_number: e026510 event_location: England issn: 2044-6055 citation: Sampson, EL; Feast, A; Blighe, A; Froggatt, K; Hunter, R; Marston, L; McCormack, B; ... Downs, M; + view all <#> Sampson, EL; Feast, A; Blighe, A; Froggatt, K; Hunter, R; Marston, L; McCormack, B; Nurock, S; Panca, M; Powell, C; Rait, G; Robinson, L; Woodward-Carlton, B; Young, J; Downs, M; - view fewer <#> (2019) Evidence-based intervention to reduce avoidable hospital admissions in care home residents (the Better Health in Residents in Care Homes (BHiRCH) study): protocol for a pilot cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open , 9 (5) , Article e026510. 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026510 <https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026510>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075086/1/BHiRCH%20protocol%20BMJOpen%20May2019.pdf