Formative qualitative evaluation of an improvement programme delivered in an English hospital trust to reduce harm from pressure ulcers

Autor: Paryaneh Rostami, Denham Phipps, Peter Murphy, Anna Dallow, Katharine Goldthorpe
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMJ Open Quality, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2399-6641
DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002532
Popis: Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposively sampled participants to explore their perspectives about the implementation of the programme, interventions tested as part of the ‘change package’ provided and the pandemic’s impact.Results A total of seven participants were interviewed, including acute ward managers, a charge nurse (deputy ward manager), a wound healing community nurse and a team leader community nurse. Interview durations varied from 9 min to 28 min. The interviews were kept short and stopped when data saturation was achieved as it was an extremely pressurised time for the organisation where the highest escalation alert was triggered on numerous occasions.Conclusion A sustained reduction in PUs was achieved during the evaluation period and participants felt that the approach helped to achieve this, regardless of the adaptations made to the delivery method due to the pandemic. To support improvements, it is vital to ensure systems such as data collection are accurate and timely. The necessity for building strong foundations for QI capability must not be underestimated, as greater QI knowledge leads to better engagement and outcomes.
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