Protocol for a Field Trial of a Hearing and Vision Support Intervention for People Living in Long-Term Care in Australia

Carly Meyer; Najwan El-Saifi; Naomi Rose; Kasia Bail; Colette Browning; Dayna Cenin; Antonio Ahumada-Canale; Megan Campbell; Tim England; Melanie Ferguson; Yuanyuan Gu; Reema Harrison; Chyrisse Heine; Lisa Keay; Sheela Kumaran; Iracema Leroi; Gerald Liew; Angelita Martini; Ralph Martins; John Newall; Smriti Raichand; Emma Scanlan; Hamid R Sohrabi; Melinda Toomey; Johanna Westbrook; Piers Dawes

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Protocol for a Field Trial of a Hearing and Vision Support Intervention for People Living in Long-Term Care in Australia

Carly Meyer, Najwan El-Saifi, Naomi Rose, Kasia Bail, Colette Browning, Dayna Cenin, Antonio Ahumada-Canale, Megan Campbell, Tim England, Melanie Ferguson, Yuanyuan Gu, Reema Harrison, Chyrisse Heine, Lisa Keay, Sheela Kumaran, Iracema Leroi, Gerald Liew, Angelita Martini, Ralph Martins, John NewallSmriti Raichand, Emma Scanlan, Hamid R Sohrabi, Melinda Toomey, Johanna Westbrook, Piers Dawes

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INTRODUCTION: Hearing and vision impairments are prevalent among residents in long-term care settings. Hearing and vision impairments frequently go unsupported, affecting residents' quality of life and healthcare costs. This paper describes the protocol for a pre-post evaluation and process evaluation of a pragmatic sensory support intervention (SSI) that was developed with residents, informal caregivers and long-term care workers.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A prospective pre-post-intervention trial within long-term care will be conducted, including three groups: residents (n = 87), informal caregivers (n = 87) and long-term care workers (n = 40). Outcome measures include health-related quality of life and well-being measures relevant to each group measured at baseline, 3- and 6-months post-intervention. Health resource and sensory device utilisation will be captured from routine data and by direct observation. Qualitative interviews, including a representative sample of residents and informal caregivers, will be conducted as part of a simultaneous process evaluation. Generalised linear models and paired t-tests will be used to evaluate the effects on residents' and caregivers' quality of life and sensory device use. The cost-effectiveness of the intervention will be examined using within-trial analysis, economic modelling and budget impact assessment. A process evaluation will use descriptive statistics and thematic analysis to assess the intervention's reach, adoption, implementation, acceptability, mechanisms of change and contextual influences.

CONCLUSION: Hearing and vision impairments are common but under-supported in older adults in long-term care. This protocol involves a systematic evaluation of the effectiveness and implementation challenges of a pragmatic SSI to optimise hearing and vision function and improve the quality of life for long-term care residents and their caregivers.

Original language	English
Article number	e70175
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	Health Expectations
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70175
Publication status	Published - Feb 2025

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Meyer, C., El-Saifi, N., Rose, N., Bail, K., Browning, C., Cenin, D., Ahumada-Canale, A., Campbell, M., England, T., Ferguson, M., Gu, Y., Harrison, R., Heine, C., Keay, L., Kumaran, S., Leroi, I., Liew, G., Martini, A., Martins, R., ... Dawes, P. (2025). Protocol for a Field Trial of a Hearing and Vision Support Intervention for People Living in Long-Term Care in Australia. Health Expectations, 28(1), 1-11. Article e70175. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70175

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Meyer, C, El-Saifi, N, Rose, N, Bail, K, Browning, C, Cenin, D, Ahumada-Canale, A, Campbell, M, England, T, Ferguson, M, Gu, Y, Harrison, R, Heine, C, Keay, L, Kumaran, S, Leroi, I, Liew, G, Martini, A, Martins, R, Newall, J, Raichand, S, Scanlan, E, Sohrabi, HR, Toomey, M, Westbrook, J & Dawes, P 2025, 'Protocol for a Field Trial of a Hearing and Vision Support Intervention for People Living in Long-Term Care in Australia', Health Expectations, vol. 28, no. 1, e70175, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70175

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Protocol for a Field Trial of a Hearing and Vision Support Intervention for People Living in Long-Term Care in Australia

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