From guidelines to practice: A retrospective clinical cohort study investigating implementation of the early detection guidelines for cerebral palsy in a state-wide early intervention service

Autor: Natasha Bear, Katherine Langdon, Catherine Elliott, Alison Salt, Roslyn Ward, Sue-Anne Davidson, Ashleigh Thornton, Jane Valentine, Jennifer Moore, Courtenay Harris, Misty Blakeman, Olivia Naylor, Jenelle Sanderson, Amanda Pszczola, Aileen Mathyssen, Isabelle Pontre, Susan Cordell, Courtney Majda, Daphne Su, Ann Townley, Peta Watts, Rosalie Mori
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 11 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063296
Popis: Objectives To report on knowledge translation strategies and outcomes from the implementation of the early detection guidelines for cerebral palsy (CP) in a state-wide tertiary early intervention (EI) service and investigate the impact of social determinants on clinical services.Design Retrospective longitudinal cohort study.Setting The Western Australia tertiary paediatric EI service.Participants EI clinicians, consumers and children using the EI service.Outcome measures Knowledge translation strategies including consumer perspectives, clinician training and Communities of Practice (CoP) guided implementation. We measured changes in referral number and age, delivery of early detection and intervention following the implementation of the guidelines. Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), appointment non-attendance (DNA) rates, remoteness and socioeconomic quintiles were used to measure social determinants of health using negative binomial (Incidence Rate Ratios, IRR) and logistic regression (Odds Ratios, ORs).Results Ten consumers participated in Focus Groups, 100 clinicians were trained and 22 clinicians established a monthly CoP. Referrals increased fourfold to 511 children. Corrected gestational age at referral decreased from a median of 16.1 to 5.1 months (p
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