Thursday, August 30, 2018

Clinical Research Oriented Workshop (CROW) Meeting: Aug 30, 2018


Present:   Levi Bonnell, Nancy Gell, Kairn Kelley, Ben Littenberg, Jen Oshita, Gail Rose, Connie van Eeghen

1.                   Warm Up: Ben has budget $$$ for books and education materials; see him if you have requests.
2.                   Rodger Kessler & Connie van Eeghen: PRECIS evaluation of IBHPC study: pragmatic vs. explanatory continuum
a.       Background: Rodger Kessler, Stephanie Brennhofer, and Connie van Eeghen are working on a manuscript to describe the PCORI Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care study from a research study management perspective: the inherent complexity of large pragmatic trials using IBHPC as a starting point, supplemented with results from a literature review.  They have come to CROW to conduct an exercise in re-evaluating IBHPC on the PRECIS continuum of pragmatic/explanatory trials.
b.       One key issue: in using this continuum, discussion focused on who the participants are (recipients of the intervention) and who the practitioners are (those who deliver the intervention).  IBHPC has two kinds of recipients: patients and practice members.  It has two kinds of practitioners: practice members and “the practice.”  The group used both perspectives in evaluating the study. 
c.       Patient as Participant
                                                   i.      Primary Trial Outcome: 9; it’s not completely objective
                                                 ii.      Participant compliance with “prescribed” intervention: 10, hands down
                                               iii.      Practitioner adherence to study protocol: 10, also easy
                                               iv.      Analysis of primary outcome: 10
d.       Provider as Participant
                                                   i.      Experimental intervention – practitioner expertise: 9, some selection for friends of Rodger
                                                 ii.      Comparison intervention – flexibility: 10
e.       Current Radar Charts:
 
f.        Final CROW session next week: continue to focus on provider as participant to complete final 6 domains.

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