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Table 1 Data sources for measurements of residents and staff

From: Improving person-centred care in nursing homes through dementia-care mapping: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Residents

Variable

Instrument/source

Type of variable

Demographic variables

Self-developed questionnaire

Control variables

Dementia severity

Global Deterioration Scale

Control variable

Care needs

Weight of Care Package: nursing home administration

Control variable

Agitation

Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory

Primary outcome/ICER

Neuropsychiatric symptoms

Neuropsychiatric Inventory - Nursing Homes

Secondary outcome

Quality of life

Qualidem and EQ-5D

Secondary outcome/ICER

Fall incidents

Nursing home administration

Secondary outcome/ICER

Physical restraints

Nursing home administration

Secondary outcome/ICER

Amount of care delivered and medication use

Nursing home administration

Secondary outcome/ICER

Staff

Variable

Instrument/source

Type of variable

Demographic variables

Self-developed questionnaire

Control variables

Stress-related symptoms

General Health Questionnaire-12

Secondary outcome/ICER

Job experience and job assessment

Questionnaire about Experience and Assessment of Work

Secondary outcome/ICER

Job satisfaction

Maastricht Job Satisfaction Scale for Health Care

Secondary outcome/ICER

Stress-related absenteeism

Nursing home administration

Secondary outcome/ICER

Employee turnover

Nursing home administration

Secondary outcome/ICER