An interdisciplinary knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: Study protocol for the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-

  Kennedy, Courtney C ^a,b   Ioannidis, George ^a,c   Giangregorio, Lora M ^d   Adachi, Jonathan D ^a,c   Thabane, Lehana ^a   Morin, Suzanne N ^e   Crilly, Richard G ^f   Marr, Sharon ^a,b   Josse, Robert G ^g   Lohfeld, Lynne ^a   Pickard, Laura E ^a,b   King, Susanne ^a,b   van der Horst, Mary Lou ^a,b   Campbell, Glenda ^h   Stroud, Jackie ^h   Dolovich, Lisa ⁱ   Sawka, Anna M ^j   Jain, Ravi ^k   Nash, Lynn ⁱ   Papaioannou, Alexandra ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Peter's Hospital   (Canada)

^c Charlton Medical Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h Medical Pharmacies Group Inc   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Audit and feedback; Educational meeting; Feasibility; Fractures; Interactive; Interdisciplinary; Knowledge translation; Long term care; Multifaceted; Nursing home; Opinion leader; Osteoporosis; Reminders; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FRACTURE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEADERSHIP; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84861337504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-48     Document Type: Article

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