Abstract
BackgroundPeople living with dementia in nursing homes are most likely to be restrained. The primary aim of this mixed-method education intervention study was to investigate which factors hindered or facilitated staff awareness related to confidence building initiatives based on person-centred care, as an alternative to restraint in residents with dementia in nursing homes. The education intervention, consisting of a two-day seminar and monthly coaching sessions for six months, targeted nursing staff in 24 nursing homes in Western Norway. The present article reports on staff-related data from the study.MethodsWe employed a mixed-method design combining quantitative and qualitative methods. The P-CAT (Person-centred Care Assessment Tool) and QPS-Nordic (The General Nordic questionnaire for psychological and social factors at work) instruments were used to measure staff effects in terms of person-centred care and perception of leadership. The qualitative data were collected through ethnographic fieldwork, qualitative interviews and analysis of 84 reflection notes from eight persons in the four teams who facilitated the intervention. The PARIHS (Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services) theoretical framework informed the study design and the data analysis. Six nursing homes were selected for ethnographic study post-intervention.ResultsQualitative data indicated increased staff awareness related to using restraint - or not- in the context of person-centered care. A slight increase in P-CAT supported these findings. Thirteen percent of the P-CAT variation was explained by institutional belonging. Qualitative data indicated that whether shared decisions of alternative measures to restraint were applied was a function of dynamic interplay between facilitation and contextual elements. In this connection, the role of the nursing home leaders appeared to be a pivotal element promoting or hindering person-centered care. However, leadership-staff relations varied substantially across individual institutions, as did staff awareness related to restraint and person-centeredness.ConclusionsLeadership, in interplay with staff culture, turned out to be the most important factor hindering or promoting staff awareness related to confidence building initiatives, based on person-centered care. While quantitative data indicated variations across institutions and the extent of this variation, qualitative data offered insight into the local processes involved. A mixed method approach enabled understanding of dynamic contextual relationships.Trial registrationThe trial is registered at Clinical Trials gov. reg. 2012/304 NCT01715506.
Highlights
People living with dementia in nursing homes are most likely to be restrained
Background we first provide the general background with regard to dementia and restraint in Norwegian nursing homes, briefly account for the overall intervention study, and lastly, provide a short introduction to the study reported in this article, of staff-related promoting and hindering factors for confidence building initiatives based on person-centred care to reduce restraint, which is the focus of this article reports
We focus on P-CAT as our dependent variable, with QPS-Nordic employed as an independent variable
Summary
The primary aim of this mixed-method education intervention study was to investigate which factors hindered or facilitated staff awareness related to confidence building initiatives based on person-centred care, as an alternative to restraint in residents with dementia in nursing homes. We first provide the general background with regard to dementia and restraint in Norwegian nursing homes (part 1.1), briefly account for the overall intervention study (part 1.2), and lastly, provide a short introduction to the study reported in this article (part 1.3), of staff-related promoting and hindering factors for confidence building initiatives based on person-centred care to reduce restraint, which is the focus of this article reports. Several studies have shown that people in nursing homes with cognitive impairment and high dependency are most likely to be restrained [3,4,5]. Use of restraint comprises: the use of physical restraint hindering freedom of movement (e.g. bedrails, belts, geriatric tables, lean back chairs or other physical devices hindering movement) [8], surveillance [9], relational restraint such as force in treatment (medical examination and hidden medication) or care situations [10, 11], and environmental restraint by isolating a resident in a locked room or locked facilities [12]
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