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West J Nurs Res ; 37(11): 1404-22, 2015 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26250849

ABSTRACT

Ineffective treatments continue to be given to nursing home residents with dementia, and many more treatments are started than stopped. The Track and Trigger Treatment (T(3)) Protocol assists nurses to track responses to new treatments and get ineffective treatments stopped or altered. This preliminary study determined feasibility for end users and examined differences between two randomized groups in assessments, treatment changes, nurse time, and drug costs over 8 weeks. Controlling for number of medical diagnoses, 41 residents in the T(3) group had significantly more treatments stopped than 37 residents in the usual care group. Treatments were most commonly stopped because of ineffectiveness (33%), followed by the problem being resolved (29%), side effects (18%), and a change in goals of care (20%). Assessment quality was a statistically significant mediator, and drug costs were significantly less for the T(3) group. The T(3) processes were rated as useful and easy, with one caveat.


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Dementia/therapy , Nursing Homes , Therapeutics/standards , Treatment Outcome , Female , Humans , Male , Nurses/standards , Therapeutics/nursing
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