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Action to Support Practices Implement Research Evidence (ASPIRE) : protocol for a cluster-randomised evaluation of adaptable implementation packages targeting 'high impact' clinical practice recommendations in general practice

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29/02/2016
Author
Willis, Thomas A
Hartley, Suzanne
Glidewell, Liz
Farrin, Amanda J
Lawton, Rebecca
McEachan, Rosemary R C
Ingleson, Emma
Heudtlass, Peter
Collinson, Michelle
Clamp, Susan
Hunter, Cheryl
Ward, Vicky
Hulme, Claire
Meads, David
Bregantini, Daniele
Carder, Paul
Foy, Robbie
ASPIRE programme
Keywords
Primary care
Implementation
Cluster-randomised trial
Clinical guidelines
Diabetes
Prescribing
Atrial fibrillation
RA Public aspects of medicine
H Social Sciences
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
ZA Information resources
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are recognised gaps between evidence and practice in general practice, a setting which provides particular challenges for implementation. We earlier screened clinical guideline recommendations to derive a set of 'high impact' indicators based upon criteria including potential for significant patient benefit, scope for improved practice and amenability to measurement using routinely collected data. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted, adaptable intervention package to implement four targeted, high impact recommendations in general practice. METHODS/DESIGN: The research programme Action to Support Practice Implement Research Evidence (ASPIRE) includes a pair of pragmatic cluster-randomised trials which use a balanced incomplete block design. Clusters are general practices in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (UK), recruited using an 'opt-out' recruitment process. The intervention package adapted to each recommendation includes combinations of audit and feedback, educational outreach visits and computerised prompts with embedded behaviour change techniques selected on the basis of identified needs and barriers to change. In trial 1, practices are randomised to adapted interventions targeting either diabetes control or risky prescribing and those in trial 2 to adapted interventions targeting either blood pressure control in patients at risk of cardiovascular events or anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation. The respective primary endpoints comprise achievement of all recommended target levels of haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), blood pressure and cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes, a composite indicator of risky prescribing, achievement of recommended blood pressure targets for specific patient groups and anticoagulation prescribing in patients with atrial fibrillation. We are also randomising practices to a fifth, non-intervention control group to further assess Hawthorne effects. Outcomes will be assessed using routinely collected data extracted 1 year after randomisation. Economic modelling will estimate intervention cost-effectiveness. A process evaluation involving eight non-trial practices will examine intervention delivery, mechanisms of action and unintended consequences. DISCUSSION: ASPIRE will provide 'real-world' evidence about the effects, cost-effectiveness and delivery of adapted intervention packages targeting high impact recommendations. By implementing our adaptable intervention package across four distinct clinical topics, and using 'opt-out' recruitment, our findings will provide evidence of wider generalisability. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN91989345.
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Willis , T A , Hartley , S , Glidewell , L , Farrin , A J , Lawton , R , McEachan , R R C , Ingleson , E , Heudtlass , P , Collinson , M , Clamp , S , Hunter , C , Ward , V , Hulme , C , Meads , D , Bregantini , D , Carder , P , Foy , R & ASPIRE programme 2016 , ' Action to Support Practices Implement Research Evidence (ASPIRE) : protocol for a cluster-randomised evaluation of adaptable implementation packages targeting 'high impact' clinical practice recommendations in general practice ' , Implementation Science , vol. 11 , 25 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-016-0387-5
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Implementation Science
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-016-0387-5
ISSN
1748-5908
Type
Journal article
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© Willis et al. 2016. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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This paper presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research scheme (grant Reference Number RP-PG-1209-10040).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13465

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