Increasing the uptake of vitamin D supplement use in Australian residential aged care facilities: results from the vitamin D implementation (ViDAus) study

Table 7 Characteristics and strategies implemented by facilities based on improvement in prevalence and total prevalence of adequate vitamin D supplement achieved at 12 months

	Clinically meaningful improvement in prevalence achieved (≥10%)?			Desired prevalence (≥80%) achieved?
	Yes (n = 10)	No (n = 31)		Yes (n = 2)	No (n = 39)
Variable	Average for sites grouped by outcomes (%)
Baseline prevalence	47	58		68	54
12-month prevalence	63	58		84	58
Change in prevalence over 12 months	16	0		17	3
Implementation Strategy	Proportion that implemented each strategy (%)
			p value^a			p value^a
Key contact engagement (attendance at both education and QI planning meeting)	70	55	0.4	100	56	0.5
Provided additional staff education	10	3	0.4	0	5	~ 1
Provided resident education	50	52	~ 1	100	49	0.4
Provided family education	20	23	~ 1	50	21	0.3
Emailed families information	0	36	0.04	50	26	0.4
Made information available onsite	0	48	0.006	0	39	0.5
Added vitamin D to staff meeting agendas	30	23	0.6	50	23	0.4
Staff education uploaded into online portals	20	10	0.5	0	13	~ 1
Completed audit to identify residents for vitamin D	70	42	0.15	100	46	0.2
Implemented a local process to identify residents	60	36	0.2	100	39	0.16
General follow up with GPs	10	45	0.06	0	39	0.5
Follow up with GPs regarding individual residents	60	26	0.06	100	31	0.11
General follow up with pharmacists	30	29	~ 1	0	31	~ 1

^ap value from Fishers exact test for association between adoption of implementation strategies and achievement of outcomes

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