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Using IF-THEN Plans to Support Healthcare Professionals in Raising Patient Safety Concerns

NCT07506096 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2026-04-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to test whether a brief behavioural intervention can help healthcare professionals raise and respond to patient safety concerns in their work. Healthcare professionals are often encouraged to speak up about safety risks, but barriers such as time pressure, uncertainty, and workplace culture can make this difficult.

Participants will complete an online questionnaire about their experiences of patient safety risks and how often they raise concerns. They will then be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will complete a short planning exercise ("if-then" plans) designed to help them act when they notice safety concerns, while the other group will not receive this exercise. Participants will be invited to complete follow-up questionnaires at approximately one month and six months to assess how often they have raised or responded to safety concerns since taking part.

Conditions

  • Patient Safety Concerns

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Implementation intention planning

Implementation intention planning to promote patient safety concerns

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Leeds

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Manchester

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-05-31
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

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