title: Implementing a knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: feasibility results from the Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Study (ViDOS).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility of implementing an interdisciplinary, multifaceted knowledge translation intervention within long-term care (LTC) and to identify any challenges that should be considered in designing future studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cluster randomized controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty LTC homes across the province of Ontario, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  LTC teams composed of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other staff.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cluster-level feasibility measures, including recruitment, retention, data completion, and participation in the intervention. A process evaluation was completed by directors of care indicating which process/policy changes had been implemented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recruitment and retention rates were 22% and 63%, respectively. Good fidelity with the intervention was achieved, including attendance at educational meetings. After ViDOS, 7 process indicators were being newly implemented by more than 50% of active intervention homes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite recruitment and retention challenges, the multifaceted intervention produced a number of policy/process changes and had good intervention fidelity. This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01398527.
authors: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Courtney C
authors: CC
authors: Kennedy
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Lehana
authors: L
authors: Thabane
authors: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Ioannidis
authors: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Jonathan D
authors: JD
authors: Adachi
authors: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Electronic address: papaioannou@hhsc.ca.
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Papaioannou
mesh_terms: D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009864:Ontario; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010560:Personnel Selection; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D
keywords: Long-term care; feasibility; fractures; knowledge translation; osteoporosis; process