Developing and Testing Implementation Strategies to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Initiative for Falls Risk Management in Outpatient Physical Therapy: A Protocol.

Vincenzo JL, Brach JS, Bean J, Curran GM. Developing and Testing Implementation Strategies to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Initiative for Falls Risk Management in Outpatient Physical Therapy: A Protocol. Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation. 2023 Jun 1; 5(2):100268.

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OBJECTIVES: To develop and test implementation strategies to support implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions' Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) initiative for falls prevention and falls risk management in a novel setting, outpatient physical therapy. DESIGN: A feasibility implementation study engaging key partners involved in or affected by the implementation throughout the study. SETTING: Five outpatient physical therapy clinics embedded in a health system. PARTICIPANTS: Key partners (physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, referring physicians, administrative clinic staff, older adults, and caregivers) involved in or affected by the implementation (N = 48) will participate in surveys and interviews to identify barriers and facilitators prior to implementation and post implementation. Twelve key partners representing at least 1 of each group will participate in evidence-based quality improvement panels to identify which barriers and facilitators are most important and feasible to address and to assist in choosing and designing implementation strategies to support the uptake of STEADI in outpatient rehabilitation. STEADI will be implemented in 5 outpatient physical therapy clinics as a standard of care for the ~1200 older adults attending those clinics annually. OUTCOMES: Primary outcomes include clinic- and provider-level (physical therapists and physical therapist assistant) adoption and fidelity to STEADI screening, multifactorial assessment, and falls risk interventions for older adults (65 years or older) attending outpatient physical therapy. Key partners' perceived feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of STEADI in outpatient physical therapy will also be measured using validated implementation science questionnaires. Exploratory clinical outcomes of older adults' falls risk pre- and post rehabilitation will be investigated.