Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the SENSE-Cog Sensory Support Intervention Field Trial to Improve Quality of Life for Older People Receiving Home Care in Australia

Helen Gurteen; Melinda Toomey; Bronwyn Franco; Rebecca Bennett; Dayna R Cenin; Najwan El-Saifi; Melanie Ferguson; Yuanyuan Gu; Chyrisse Heine; Lisa Keay; Sheela Kumaran; Sabrina Lenzen; Iracema Leroi; Judy A Lowthian; Carly J Meyer; Leander K Mitchell; John Newall; Nancy A Pachana; Marianne Piano; Emma Scanlan; Smriti Raichand; Hamid R Sohrabi; Piers Dawes

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Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the SENSE-Cog Sensory Support Intervention Field Trial to Improve Quality of Life for Older People Receiving Home Care in Australia

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Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the SENSE-Cog Sensory Support Intervention Field Trial to Improve Quality of Life for Older People Receiving Home Care in Australia

Helen Gurteen, Melinda Toomey, Bronwyn Franco, Rebecca Bennett, Dayna R Cenin, Najwan El-Saifi, Melanie Ferguson, Yuanyuan Gu, Chyrisse Heine, Lisa Keay, …

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, Vol.28(3), e70305

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70305

PMID: 40415281

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Abstract

Aged

Australia

Female

Hearing Loss - therapy

Home Care Services

Humans

Male

Process Assessment, Health Care

Quality of Life

Vision Disorders - therapy

A field trial of a home-delivered hearing and vision support intervention will assess its impact on the quality of life and well-being of home care recipients with hearing and/or vision impairment and their care partners. This paper outlines the protocol for a process evaluation of the field trial. The process evaluation aims to identify discrepancies between expected and actual outcomes, understand contextual influences, assess implementation fidelity and evaluate the feasibility, appropriateness and acceptability of the intervention. Data will be collected from 87 home care recipients with hearing/vision impairment, their care partner and the sensory therapist who will deliver the intervention at multiple points during the 3-month intervention. Likert-scale ratings for feasibility, appropriateness and acceptability will be gathered. Proxy measures of fidelity, such as intervention session completion rates, will be obtained to ascertain whether the intervention was delivered as designed. Post-intervention, 20% of participants will complete semi-structured interviews to explore contextual and causal factors. Data analysis will include descriptive statistics, regression analysis and thematic qualitative analysis. The process evaluation will elicit the perspectives of home care recipients and their care partners regarding the intervention experience. Older adults with lived experience with dementia and hearing and/or vision will contribute to the proposed research by shaping the interview topic guide to ensure its appropriateness and relevance for the target population. Their insights will result in a more rigorous study and improve the likelihood of the final intervention meeting real-world needs.

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Title: Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the SENSE-Cog Sensory Support Intervention Field Trial to Improve Quality of Life for Older People Receiving Home Care in Australia
Authors/Creators: Helen Gurteen - The University of Queensland
Melinda Toomey - The University of Queensland
Bronwyn Franco - Centre for Hearing Research, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Rebecca Bennett - National Acoustic Laboratories, Sydney, Australia
Dayna R Cenin - School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Najwan El-Saifi - The University of Queensland
Melanie Ferguson - Curtin University
Yuanyuan Gu - Macquarie University
Chyrisse Heine - Federation University
Lisa Keay - UNSW Sydney
Sheela Kumaran - UNSW Sydney
Sabrina Lenzen - The University of Queensland
Iracema Leroi - Trinity College Dublin
Judy A Lowthian - Hunter Medical Research Institute
Carly J Meyer - The University of Queensland
Leander K Mitchell - The University of Queensland
John Newall - Macquarie University
Nancy A Pachana - The University of Queensland
Marianne Piano - Australian College of Optometry
Emma Scanlan - Australian Hearing
Smriti Raichand - Macquarie University
Hamid R Sohrabi - Murdoch University, Centre for Healthy Ageing
Piers Dawes - The University of Queensland
Publication Details: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, Vol.28(3), e70305
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Grant note: The authors would like to acknowledge the NHMRC 2022 MRFF Dementia Ageing and Aged Care Mission Grant for funding this study. The funder had no role in the design or reporting of this protocol.
Identifiers: 991005779512507891
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Healthy Ageing
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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