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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim
• Braathu, Nora
• Peters, Nadina
• Bækkelund, Harald
• Endsjø, Mathilde
• Babaii, Aida
• Borge, Randi Hovden
• Wentzel-Larsen, Tore
• Ehrhart, Mark G
• Sklar, Marisa
• Brown, C Hendricks
• Aarons, Gregory A
• Egeland, Karina M

Titel

A stepped-wedge randomized trial investigating the effect of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) intervention on implementation and transformational leadership, and implementation climate

Ist Teil von

• BMC health services research, 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.298-15, Article 298

Ort / Verlag

England: BioMed Central Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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Quelle

SpringerLink (Online service)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study evaluates the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) strategy and its effect on implementation leadership, transformational leadership, and implementation climate. A stepped wedge cluster randomized study design enrolling 47 first-level leaders from child- and adult-specialized mental health clinics within Norwegian health trusts across three cohorts. All therapists (n = 790) received training in screening of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress, and a subgroup of therapists (n = 248) received training in evidence-based treatment methods for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). First-level leaders and therapists completed surveys at baseline, 4, 8-, 12-, 16-, and 20-months assessing leadership and implementation climate. General linear mixed-effects models were used to investigate whether the LOCI strategy would lead to greater therapist-rated scores on implementation leadership, transformational leadership, and implementation climate. After introducing the LOCI strategy, there was a significant increase in therapist-rated implementation and transformational leadership and implementation climate. The increase was sustained at all measurement time points compared to non-LOCI conditions, which demonstrated a steady decrease in scores before LOCI. The LOCI strategy can develop better transformational and implementation leadership skills and contribute to a more positive implementation climate, which may enhance successful EBP implementation. Thus, LOCI can help leaders create an organizational context conducive for effective EBP implementation. Retrospectively registered: ClinicalTrials NCT03719651 , 25th of October 2018. The trial protocol can be accessed from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6417075/ .