2022
Online randomised factorial trial of electronic Screening and Brief Intervention for alcohol use in pregnancy: a study protocol
Ondersma SJ, Todd L, Jablonski S, Ahuja C, Gilstad-Hayden K, Goyert G, Loree A, Heffner J, Yonkers KA. Online randomised factorial trial of electronic Screening and Brief Intervention for alcohol use in pregnancy: a study protocol. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e062735. PMID: 35922101, PMCID: PMC9352990, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPregnant womenBrief interventionAlcohol useFactorial trialHealth Institutional Review BoardAdverse perinatal outcomesFetal alcohol spectrum disordersUnhealthy alcohol useDose-response effectPrenatal alcohol exposureSpectrum of conditionsAlcohol spectrum disordersInstitutional review boardText messagingPeer-reviewed journalsPerinatal outcomesWeeks' gestationBirth outcomesPossible additional benefitsStudy protocolAlcohol exposureAlcohol abstinenceBooster sessionsEthical approvalPrimary analysis
2020
Study protocol for the ACT response pilot intervention: development, implementation and evaluation of a systems-based Agitation Code Team (ACT) in the emergency department
Wong AH, Ray JM, Auerbach MA, Venkatesh AK, McVaney C, Burness D, Chmura C, Saxa T, Sevilla M, Flood CT, Patel A, Whitfill T, Dziura JD, Yonkers KA, Ulrich A, Bernstein SL. Study protocol for the ACT response pilot intervention: development, implementation and evaluation of a systems-based Agitation Code Team (ACT) in the emergency department. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e036982. PMID: 32606062, PMCID: PMC7328814, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentRestraint useCode teamControlled interrupted time series designResponse interventionsRate of restraint useInterrupted time series designAcute care settingDe-escalation techniquesTime series designPeer-reviewed publicationsED staffIdentified teamworkPilot interventionCare settingsHealth systemPatient encountersAgitation managementHuman Investigation CommitteeWorkplace violenceEthical approvalStaff safetyPatient agitationReduce harmSeries design