Integrated care for frail elderly compared to usual care: a study protocol of a quasi-experiment on the effects on the frail elderly, their caregivers, health professionals and health care costs

Table 2 Outcome measures and data collection caregivers

Outcome and instrument	Method	Data collection time
Outcome and instrument	Method	T0	T1	T2
Perceived health
SF-36	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x	x	x
Objective burden
Short version iBMG	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x	x	x
instrument objective burden informal care
Subjective burden
Carer-Qol	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x	x	x
SRB	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x	x	x
CSI+	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x		x
Perseverance time	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x		x
ASIS	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x		x
Quality of life
SF-36	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x	x	x
Cantril’s self-anchoring ladder	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x	x	x
Use of community services
Self-reported	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x	x	x
CSAI	Interview caregiver or mailed questionnaire	x		x

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