PMID- 22974485
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130422
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1748-5908 (Electronic)
IS  - 1748-5908 (Linking)
VI  - 7
DP  - 2012 Sep 13
TI  - Feedback reporting of survey data to healthcare aides.
PG  - 89
LID - 10.1186/1748-5908-7-89 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: This project occurred during the course of the Translating Research 
      in Elder Care (TREC) program of research. TREC is a multilevel and longitudinal 
      research program being conducted in the three Canadian Prairie Provinces of 
      Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The main purpose of TREC is to increase 
      understanding about the role of organizational context in influencing knowledge 
      use in residential long-term care settings. The purpose of this study was to 
      evaluate healthcare aides' (HCAs) perceptions of a one-page poster designed to 
      feed back aggregated data (including demographic information and perceptions 
      about influences on best practice) from the TREC survey they had recently 
      completed. METHODS: A convenience sample of 7 of the 15 nursing homes 
      participating in the TREC research program in Alberta were invited to 
      participate. Specific facility-level summary data were provided to each facility 
      in the form of a one-page poster report. Two weeks following delivery of the 
      report, a convenience sample of HCAs was surveyed using one-to-one structured 
      interviews. RESULTS: One hundred twenty-three HCAs responded to the evaluation 
      survey. Overall, HCAs' opinions about presentation of the feedback report and the 
      understandability, usability, and usefulness of the content were positive. For 
      each report, analysis of data and production and inspection of the report took up 
      to one hour. Information sessions to introduce and explain the reports averaged 
      18 minutes. Two feedback reports (minimum) were supplied to each facility at a 
      cost of CAN$2.39 per report, for printing and laminating. CONCLUSIONS: This study 
      highlights not only the feasibility of producing understandable, usable, and 
      useful feedback reports of survey data but also the value and importance of 
      providing feedback to survey respondents. More broadly, the findings suggest that 
      modest strategies may have a positive and desirable effect in participating 
      sites.
FAU - Hutchinson, Alison M
AU  - Hutchinson AM
AD  - School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, 
      Australia. alison.hutchinson@deakin.edu.au
FAU - Batra-Garga, Neha
AU  - Batra-Garga N
FAU - Cranley, Lisa
AU  - Cranley L
FAU - Bostrom, Anne-Marie
AU  - Bostrom AM
FAU - Cummings, Greta
AU  - Cummings G
FAU - Norton, Peter
AU  - Norton P
FAU - Estabrooks, Carole A
AU  - Estabrooks CA
LA  - eng
GR  - MOP #53107/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20120913
PL  - England
TA  - Implement Sci
JT  - Implementation science : IS
JID - 101258411
SB  - IM
MH  - Alberta
MH  - Allied Health Personnel/*psychology
MH  - *Feedback
MH  - Health Services Research/*methods
MH  - Homes for the Aged/organization & administration
MH  - Humans
MH  - Nursing Homes/organization & administration
MH  - *Perception
MH  - Translational Research, Biomedical/*methods
PMC - PMC3495892
EDAT- 2012/09/15 06:00
MHDA- 2013/04/23 06:00
PMCR- 2012/09/13
CRDT- 2012/09/15 06:00
PHST- 2011/09/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/07/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/09/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/09/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/04/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2012/09/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1748-5908-7-89 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1748-5908-7-89 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Implement Sci. 2012 Sep 13;7:89. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-89.