Capacity Building and Service Enhancement in Integrated Home Care Services

NCT05192096 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: UW21-781
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 170
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

As people live longer lives, the ageing population causes an unprecedented rise in healthcare and social services demand. Limited studies were to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management measures of home care service and the needs of service workers, which raised concerns about the needs of staff working in home care settings and how service organizations continuously dealt with those challenges in this ongoing pandemic. This study includes two parts: Part 1, Needs assessment, a survey to collect feedback from staff and understand their needs.; Part 2, Train-the-trainer workshops for staff and volunteers as lay health promoters to build workforce capacity and enhance trainees' competence and performance in delivering brief health-related information to their service users during COVID-19. It includes quantitative questionnaire assessment and qualitative focus group interview.

Conditions

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Keywords

COVID-19, risk management, service enhancement, capability building

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Perceived usefulness on institutional risk management

  Measured by 15 outcome-based questions. Score of each question ranges from 1 to 6. The highest scores the better the outcomes.

  Baseline

• Change from baseline competence in delivering health-related information and service to service users

  Measured by 4 outcome-based questions. Score of each question ranges from 0 to 10. The highest scores the better the outcomes.

  Baseline, immediate after workshop

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change in baseline competence in delivering health-related information at month1

  Baseline, month 1

• Change in baseline competence in delivering health-related information at month 3

  Baseline, month 3

• Change in baseline practice in delivering health-related information at month1

  Baseline, month 1

• Change in baseline practice in delivering health-related information at month 3

  Baseline, month 3

Study Arms (1)

Intervention group

It includes two 1-hour health-related information sessions.

Behavioral: Train-the-trainer workshop

Interventions

Train-the-trainer workshop BEHAVIORAL

To deliver health-related information to trainees, which facilitate improving their knowledge, confidence, and ability to share and discuss health-related information with others, including service users, families and friends.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Staff of AKA under the division of IHCS or lay volunteers of Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association volunteer group

You may qualify if:

• Staff of Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association under the division of Integrated Home Care Services

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects refuse to answer this questionnaire
• Subjects who are unable to read and understand Chinese
• Part 2: Train-the-trainer workshops
• Staff of AKA under the division of IHCS or lay volunteers of Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association volunteer group
• Subjects refuse to answer this questionnaire
• Subjects who are unable to read and understand Chinese

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Abedreen Kai-fong Association

Hong Kong, 852, Hong Kong

RECRUITING

Related Publications (9)

• Rowe TA, Patel M, O'Conor R, McMackin S, Hoak V, Lindquist LA. COVID-19 exposures and infection control among home care agencies. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2020 Nov/Dec;91:104214. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104214. Epub 2020 Jul 30.

  PMID: 32768800 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 23173243 BACKGROUND

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Related Links

• Life expectancy at birth, total (years)- Hong Kong SAR, China
• Hospital discharges to home health rebounding

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior; COVID-19

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Agnes YK Lai, PhD

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Agnes YK Lai, PhD

CONTACT

852-3917-6328; agneslai@hku.hk

Caroline Yang, Master

CONTACT

852-3917-9810; cwlyang@hku.hk

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 29, 2021
• First Posted: January 14, 2022
• Study Start: December 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2022
• Study Completion: March 31, 2023
• Last Updated: April 12, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: When study finished
• Access Criteria: The minimal anonymized dataset will be available upon request to interested researchers. For interested researchers, please contact Dr Agnes Lai (Email: agneslai@hku.hk, School of Nursing, the University of Hong Kong), for further information.

Locations

HK (1)