Table 1.
Clinical site variables explored
| Variable type | Variable construct | Question item |
|---|---|---|
| Organizational | Pt Volume: Implants | In the last year approximately how many LVAD implants were placed at your hospital? |
| Pt Volume: Evaluations | In the last year, approximately how much new evaluations for LVAD did your hospital have? | |
| Patient | Pt Sickness Level | Compared to other hospitals, do you think the patients your hospital evaluates are more or less sick? |
| Pt Health Literacy | Compared to other hospitals, do you think the health literacy of patients evaluated for LVAD is greater or lesser? | |
| Pt Language Barriers | How frequently are you unable to use the LVAD decision aid due to language barriers? | |
| Clinician/Staff | Experience as LVAD Pt Educator | For how many years have you worked as an LVAD coordinator/educator/engineer? |
| Time Spent on LVAD Pt Education | What portion of your time is spent on LVAD Education? | |
| Use of DA Compared to Other Clinicians | Compared to other staff on your team, do you use the decision aid more, less, or about the same? | |
| Coordinator-Clinician Interaction | How frequently do you talk with the physicians at your hospital regarding a patient’s LVAD evaluation? | |
| Satisfaction with DA | How satisfied are you with the LVAD decision aid as a resource for patient education? | |
| Satisfaction with Standard Education | Before you started using the LVAD decision aid, how satisfied were you with the LVAD education materials provided by your hospital? | |
| Readiness for Change (ORIC) | Respondent’s score on the Organizational Readiness for Instituting Change scale. Organizational readiness is broadly defined by members’ psychological and behavioral preparedness to implement organization change | |
| Process | Standardization of DA Use | Do you give patients the LVAD decision aid at the same point during education and evaluation for candidacy? |
| Integration of DA with Standard Education | How do you use the LVAD decision aid with your hospital’s existing (before decision aid) education materials? | |
| Outcome | Reach: 12 months | Proportion of eligible individuals who received the DA by 12 months |
| Reach: 18 months | Proportion of eligible individuals who received the DA by 18 months |