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Implementation and evaluation of a pain assessment app and novel community platform for long-term care health professionals
- Source :
- Aging & Mental Health. :1-10
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2022.
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Abstract
- A tablet app, based on the Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate-II (PACSLAC-II), has been shown to have clinical utility and unique advantages. We aimed to replicate and extend the previous validation of the app through the implementation and evaluation of a new community platform involving a quality indicator (QI) monitoring feature and a resource community portal (CP) that work in conjunction with an updated version of the app.We employed a mixed-methods multiple-baseline design across 11 long-term care (LTC) units. Units were randomly assigned to conditions which varied in number of app features available. Data included unit-level QIs as well as questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with health professionals.Following use of the app, we found improvements in unit-level QIs regardless of availability of the QI/CP features. During interviews, participants expressed a preference for the app over a paper version of the PACSLAC-II due to reasons such as the app's ability to summarize information. Utilization of the community portal websites was unrelated to staff questionnaire-assessed stress/burnout.Despite the positive effects on the care of residents, the COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges and interfered with the long-term maintenance of the QI results.
Details
- ISSN :
- 13646915 and 13607863
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Aging & Mental Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ec409d28cf17aefbeb147198df7a6fd7