Improving bleeding disorder treatment log adherence: An application of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: For people with severe bleeding disorders (PwBD) who are prescribed home treatment, treatment logs are an important part of the management of their care. Treatment logs provide a clinical picture of the home treatment regimen and can serve as a communication tool between the medical team and the person with a bleeding disorder. Most importantly, treatment logs allow for the adjustment of the treatment dose and frequency to prevent bleeding episodes. Yet, a large number of PwBD do not complete treatment logs. AIMS: We aimed to develop and implement interventions to increase adherence rates of treatment log completion in PwBD on a home treatment regimen by at least 20% over 2 years. METHODS: We conducted a quality improvement initiative from 2019-2022 involving developing and implementing interventions that were guided by the application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills Model. Examples of interventions included the development of educational materials on the different methods of log completion and interactive discussions that involved a patient-driven decision of selecting a treatment log method. Data on the implementation of the theoretically-based interventions as well as outcome data on the success of treatment log completion was reviewed monthly. RESULTS: Following the application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills Model on the designed and implemented interventions, there was a 20% increase in individuals' adherence with treatment logs completion (N = 68). CONCLUSION: Treatment logs are an important piece of a PwBDs' prescribed home treatment regimen. Quality improvement interventions promoted increased treatment log adherence for PwBDs'prescribed prophylactic home treatment.