Can a simple toolbox fix nursing home data? pilot study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT06848725
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tested a toolbox designed to help nursing homes in Switzerland collect better data on key quality measures like pain and medication use. The toolbox uses a train-the-trainer approach, where experts train staff who then teach their coworkers. The study involved 22 participants and focused on whether the toolbox was acceptable, feasible, and cost-effective. It did not test any drug or treatment, but aimed to improve how care quality is measured.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- data quality development toolkit (train-the-trainer program)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical way for nursing homes to collect more accurate data, leading to better care monitoring and quality improvements.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 22 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The focus is on feasibility, not on direct patient outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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22 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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16 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: 1. External training providers: 1. willing to implement trainings as designed by the research team and to all interested long-term care facilities 2. have capacity to provide the trainers and infrastructure for the trainings - agree to non-commercial use of training materials 2. Trainer: 1. with competence in training staff of long-term care facilities 2. with knowledge on data collection of the current MQIs 3. Long-term care facilities: 1. with a cantonal recognition as a residential long-term care facility 2. willing to implement the toolkit 3. which can nominate at least one champion 4. Champions: 1. Long-term care facility employees motivated to take up the role 2. having sufficient knowledge of the residents, infrastructure and processes in the facility (e.g., resident care, needs assessment instrument, electronic health records) 3. Ideally with experience in leadership, staff training, MQI data collection and quality monitoring, e.g., nurse, nurse expert, quality manager, needs assessment instrument manager 5. Management and staff responsible for quality: 1. any level of management staff and staff responsible for quality in long-term care facility e.g., director of nursing, team leader, quality manager 2. directly involved in supporting the implementation of the toolkit or exposed to its content 6. Nursing and care staff: 1. Any level of nursing or care staff e.g., registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse aids involved in collecting data for MQI 2. exposed to the content of the toolkit (i.e., internal trainings, feedback, support materials), e.g., registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse aids Exclusion criteria: 1\. long-term care facilities that are participants of the study "Data Quality and National Quality Indicators in Long-term Care Facilities: a Validation Study and Evaluation Study"
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland.
Manno, Canton Ticino, 6928, Switzerland
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Institut für Pflegewissenschaft - Nursing Science (INS), University of Basel
Basel, 4056, Switzerland
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La Source School of Nursing, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland