Using Multi-Site Research Results to Impact Local Pediatric Pain Evidence-Based Practice: Innovations and Outcomes.

Area of Science:

• Clinical Research
• Health Services Research
• Pediatric Pain Management

Background:

• Disseminating research findings offers value beyond primary study aims.
• Sharing local results in multi-site research is not standard but can benefit participating organizations.
• There is a need to evaluate the impact of results sharing in multi-site research.

Purpose of the Study:

• Assess benefits of organizational participation in a multi-site pediatric pain study when results were shared.
• Identify how sites applied local results and the outcomes of participation.
• Evaluate subsequent improvement efforts and scholarship.

Main Methods:

• A 12-hospital multi-site study collected data.
• Site research teams shared experiences and lessons learned.
• Four years later, sites were surveyed about initiatives undertaken due to the primary study.

Main Results:

• Ten of 12 sites reported unanticipated benefits, including identifying documentation gaps and new improvement opportunities.
• Seven sites responded to a 4-year follow-up survey.
• Most sites (85.7%) used data for practice changes in documentation, assessment, policy, and treatments.

Conclusions:

• Providing local data in multi-site research yields long-term organizational benefits like collaborations and quality improvement.
• Further exploration of investigator-practice setting collaborations is needed for pediatric pain management.
• Sharing results fosters new research and quality improvement efforts.