Contributions of authors
Jacqui Prieto (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5524-6775) (Associate Clinical Professor) was the co-chief investigator, led the design of the study, was involved in all aspects of the review process and theory development, including stakeholder consultation. As joint lead author of this report, she drafted and commented on all aspects of the report.
Jennie Wilson (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4713-9662) (Professor) was a co-investigator and was involved in the design of the review and contributed to all stages of the review process and conducting teacher–learner interviews. She contributed to drafting and commenting on the content of this report.
Alison Tingle (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5557-8120) was a co-investigator, contributed to the stakeholder engagement and undertaken interviews and workshops with key stakeholders, supported the PPI co-applicant and PPI PAG members and led the resource review. She contributed to theory development and drafting and commenting on the content of this report.
Emily Cooper (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5043-4187) was a co-investigator, contributing to scoping of data, data analysis, extraction and synthesis and theory development and drafting and commenting on the content of this report.
Melanie Handley (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8037-5042) was a co-investigator, contributing to scoping of data, data analysis, extraction and synthesis and theory development.
Jo Rycroft-Malone (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-5625) (Professor) was a co-investigator, oversaw the methodological approach to realist synthesis and commented on the methods chapter of this report.
Jennifer Bostock (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9261-9350) was a lay co-investigator and chaired the PAG, contributed to stakeholder involvement and advised on the content of resident and carer interviews. She commented on theory development throughout the project.
Lynne Williams was a co-investigator and contributed to the stakeholder scoping workshop component of the study.
Heather Loveday (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2259-8149) (Professor) was the co-chief investigator, led the design of the study, was involved in all aspects of the review process and theory development, including stakeholder consultation. As joint lead author of this report, she drafted and commented on all aspects of the report.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the PAG members who gave their valuable time and expertise to inform this review: Anita Astle, Susan Bennett, Jennifer Bostock (Chair), Leah Jones, James McMahon, Lona Mody, Annabelle Stigwood, and Mark Stott. Thanks to Lois Woods and Simon Briscoe for their expertise and support in undertaking scoping and supplementary bibliographic and database searches and to Jemima Kakpa and Christine Logan for their administrative support through the project.
Our thanks to the individuals and organisations who contributed through participation in our scoping workshops, teacher–learner interviews and final stakeholder event. Organisations included: Alzheimer’s Society, Buttercup House Care Home, Chiswick Nursing Centre, Care Quality Commission, NHS Fareham & Gosport CCG, Hampshire County Council, Infection Prevention Society Care Home Special Interest Group, National Care Forum, NHS England and Improvement, NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG, NHS London South West CCG, NHS North Hampshire CCG, NHS West Hampshire CCG, Oxford AHSN, The Oaks Care Home, and Wessex AHSN.
This project was supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research ARC Wessex.
Dedication
Lead author Jacqui Prieto would like to dedicate this report to her late father, Mr George Kilner, who at the time of the research was living in a residential care home. George’s courage in facing the many challenges of living with dementia was testament to the steadfastness he showed throughout his life.
Ethics statement
On 5 October 2020, the study was identified as a service evaluation/service development following submission to the UK Health Research Authority. We sought ethics approval from the University of Southampton Faculty Ethics Committee to engage with and interview stakeholders. Ethics approval was given on 15 October 2020 (reference number ERGO ii 53942.A1).
Data-sharing statement
All data requests should be submitted to the corresponding author for consideration. Access to available anonymised data may be granted following review.
Information governance statement
The study did not handle any personal information.
Disclosure of interests
Full disclosure of interests: Completed ICMJE forms for all authors, including all related interests, are available in the toolkit on the NIHR Journals Library report publication page at https://doi.org/10.3310/DADT3410.
Primary conflicts of interest: The following Committee Memberships were active during the lifetime of the project:
Jo Rycroft-Malone: HSDR Programme Director 2015–22, NIHR Strategy Board 2015–22, NIHR Journals Library Editorial Board 2016–8.
Jennifer Bostock: HSDR Funding Committee Member 2018–20, HTA Clinical Evaluation and Trials Committee Member 2020.
Publication
Prieto J, Wilson J, Tingle A, Cooper E, Handley M, Rycroft Malone J, et al. Preventing urinary tract infection in older people living in care homes: the ‘StOP UTI’ realist synthesis [published online ahead of print August 8 2024]. BMJ Qual Saf 2024. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016967
Disclaimers
This article presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, the HTA programme or the Department of Health and Social Care. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, the HTA programme or the Department of Health and Social Care.