TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance feedback on the quality of care in hospitals performing thrombectomy for ischemic stroke (PERFEQTOS)
T2 - protocol of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial
AU - Amini, Marzyeh
AU - den Hartog, Sanne J.
AU - van Leeuwen, Nikki
AU - Eijkenaar, Frank
AU - Kuhrij, Laurien S.
AU - Stolze, Lotte J.
AU - Nederkoorn, Paul J.
AU - Lingsma, Hester F.
AU - van Es, Adriaan C. G. M.
AU - van den Wijngaard, Ido R.
AU - van der Lugt, Aad
AU - Dippel, Diederik W. J.
AU - Roozenbeek, Bob
AU - on behalf of the PERFEQTOS Investigators
AU - Roozenbeek, Bob
AU - den Hartog, Sanne J.
AU - Janssen, Paula M.
AU - van Doormaal, Pieter-Jan
AU - Roos, Yvo B. W. E. M.
AU - Emmer, Bart J.
AU - Silvis, Suzanne M.
AU - Dinkelaar, Wouter
AU - Remmers, Michel J. M.
AU - Vos, Douwe L. D.
AU - Gons, Rob A. R.
AU - Yo, Lonneke S. F.
AU - van Tuijl, Julia H.
AU - Kortman, Hans
AU - Boiten, Jelis
AU - Lycklama à Nijeholt, Geert J.
AU - Piet, Jurgen R.
AU - Stomp, Wouter
AU - den Hertog, Heleen M.
AU - Flach, H. Zwenneke
AU - Kruyt, Nyika D.
AU - van Walderveen, Marianne A. A.
AU - van Zwam, Wim H.
AU - van Oostenbrugge, Robert J.
AU - Martens, Jasper M.
AU - Hofmeijer, Jeannette
AU - van der Worp, H. Bart
AU - Lo, Rob T. H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by a grant from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Erasmus Initiative “Smarter Choices for Better Health,” Action Line “Value-Based Health Care”). Award/Grant number: not applicable.
Funding Information:
This study protocol was published on behalf of the PERFEQTOS Investigators: Bob Roozenbeek; Sanne J. den Hartog; Diederik W.J. Dippel; Aad van der Lugt; Hester F. Lingsma; Nikki van Leeuwen; Laurien S. Kuhrij, Lotte J. Stolze; Paul J. Nederkoorn; Adriaan C.G.M. van Es; Ido R. van den Wijngaard; Paula M. Janssen; Pieter-Jan van Doormaal; Yvo B.W.E.M. Roos; Bart J. Emmer; Suzanne M. Silvis; Wouter Dinkelaar; Michel J.M. Remmers; Douwe L.D. Vos; Rob A.R. Gons; Lonneke S.F. Yo; Julia H. van Tuijl; Hans Kortman; Jelis Boiten, Geert J. Lycklama ? Nijeholt; Jurgen R. Piet; Wouter Stomp; Heleen M. den Hertog; H. Zwenneke Flach; Nyika D. Kruyt; Marianne A.A. van Walderveen; Wim H. van Zwam; Robert J. van Oostenbrugge; Jasper M. Martens, Jeannette Hofmeijer; H. Bart van der Worp; Rob T.H. Lo. Trial sponsor: Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam Contact name: Bob Roozenbeek Address: Department of Neurology Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam Dr. Molewaterplein 40 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands Email: [email protected]
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - Background: Although the provision of performance feedback to healthcare professionals based on data from quality registries is common practice in many fields of medicine, observational studies of its effect on the quality of care have shown mixed results. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of performance feedback on the quality of care for acute ischemic stroke. Methods: PERFEQTOS is a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in 13 hospitals in the Netherlands providing endovascular thrombectomy for ischemic stroke. The primary outcome is the hospital’s door-to-groin time. The study starts with a 6-month period in which none of the hospitals receives the performance feedback intervention. Subsequently, every 6 months, three or four hospitals are randomized to cross over from the control to the intervention conditions, until all hospitals receive the feedback intervention. The feedback intervention consists of a dashboard with quarterly reports on patient characteristics, structure, process, and outcome indicators related to patients with ischemic stroke treated with endovascular thrombectomy. Hospitals can compare their present performance with their own performance in the past and with other hospitals. The performance feedback is provided to local quality improvement teams in each hospital, who define their own targets on specific indicators and develop performance improvement plans. The impact of the performance feedback and improvement plans will be evaluated by comparing the primary outcome before and after the intervention. Discussion: This study will provide evidence on the effectiveness of performance feedback to healthcare providers. The results will be actively disseminated through peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations, and various stakeholder engagement activities. Trial registration: Netherlands Trial Register NL9090. Registered on December 3, 2020.
AB - Background: Although the provision of performance feedback to healthcare professionals based on data from quality registries is common practice in many fields of medicine, observational studies of its effect on the quality of care have shown mixed results. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of performance feedback on the quality of care for acute ischemic stroke. Methods: PERFEQTOS is a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in 13 hospitals in the Netherlands providing endovascular thrombectomy for ischemic stroke. The primary outcome is the hospital’s door-to-groin time. The study starts with a 6-month period in which none of the hospitals receives the performance feedback intervention. Subsequently, every 6 months, three or four hospitals are randomized to cross over from the control to the intervention conditions, until all hospitals receive the feedback intervention. The feedback intervention consists of a dashboard with quarterly reports on patient characteristics, structure, process, and outcome indicators related to patients with ischemic stroke treated with endovascular thrombectomy. Hospitals can compare their present performance with their own performance in the past and with other hospitals. The performance feedback is provided to local quality improvement teams in each hospital, who define their own targets on specific indicators and develop performance improvement plans. The impact of the performance feedback and improvement plans will be evaluated by comparing the primary outcome before and after the intervention. Discussion: This study will provide evidence on the effectiveness of performance feedback to healthcare providers. The results will be actively disseminated through peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations, and various stakeholder engagement activities. Trial registration: Netherlands Trial Register NL9090. Registered on December 3, 2020.
KW - Endovascular thrombectomy
KW - Ischemic stroke
KW - Performance feedback
KW - Quality of care
KW - Stepped wedge cluster randomized trial
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85120856443
U2 - 10.1186/s13063-021-05819-z
DO - 10.1186/s13063-021-05819-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 34863254
SN - 1745-6215
VL - 22
JO - Trials
JF - Trials
IS - 1
M1 - 870
ER -
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