Healthcare Consumers’ and Professionals’ Perceived Acceptability of Evidence-Based Interventions for Rural Transitional Care
| dc.contributor.author | Fox, Mary | |
| dc.contributor.author | sidani, souraya | |
| dc.contributor.author | Butler, Jeffrey | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-24T19:04:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-24T19:04:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-07-25 | |
| dc.description | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Fox, M. T., Sidani, S., Zaheer, S., & Butler, J. I. (2022). Healthcare consumers’ and professionals’ perceived acceptability of evidence‐based interventions for rural transitional care. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 19(5), 388–395. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12599, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12599. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: There is a pressing need for high quality hospital-to- home transitional care in rural communities. Four evidence- based interventions (discharge plan-ning, treatments, warning signs, and physical activity) have the potential to improve rural transitional care. However, there is limited understanding of how the percep-tions of healthcare consumers and professionals compare on the acceptability of the interventions. Convergent views on intervention acceptability support imple-mentation, whereas divergent views highlight areas requiring reconciliation prior to implementation. Aims: This study compared the acceptability of four evidence- based interventions proposed for rural transitional care, as perceived by healthcare consumers and professionals. Methods: A cross-sectional, comparative design was used. The convenience sample included 36 healthcare consumers (20 patients and 16 family caregivers) who had experienced a hospital-to- home transition in the past month and 30 healthcare pro-fessionals (29 registered nurses and one nurse practitioner) who provided transitional care in rural Ontario, Canada. Participants were presented with descriptions of the four interventions and completed an established intervention acceptability meas-ure. Presentation of the four intervention descriptions and respective acceptability measures was randomized to control for possible order effects. The perceived overall acceptability of the interventions and their attributes (i.e., effectiveness, appropriate-ness, risk, and convenience) were compared using independent samples t-tests. Results: Consumer ratings were consistently higher across all four interventions in terms of overall acceptability as well as effectiveness, appropriateness, and conveni-ence (all p's < .01; effect sizes 0.70–1.13). No significant between- group differences in perceived risk were found. Linking evidence to action: Contextual and methodological differences may account for variability in ratings, but further research is needed to explore these propositions. The results support future qualitative inquiry targeting professionals to better under-stand their perspectives on the effectiveness, appropriateness, and convenience of the four interventions. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Financial support provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, Health System Research Fund [grant #484]. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fox, M. T., Sidani, S., Zaheer, S., & Butler, J. I. (2022). Healthcare consumers’ and professionals’ perceived acceptability of evidence‐based interventions for rural transitional care. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 19(5), 388–395. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12599 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1741-6787 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12599 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10315/41420 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing | |
| dc.title | Healthcare Consumers’ and Professionals’ Perceived Acceptability of Evidence-Based Interventions for Rural Transitional Care | |
| dc.type | Article |