Table 1 Measurement instruments
Residents | ||
|---|---|---|
Variable | Instrument/source | Type of variable |
Demographic variables | Single items | Control variables |
Qol | Quality of Life-Alzheimer’s Disease (Qol-AD) | Primary outcome |
Qol | QUALIDEM | Secondary outcome |
Neuropsychiatric symptoms | Neuropsychiatric Inventory – Nursing Homes (NPI-NH) | Secondary outcome |
Dependency | Physical Self-Maintenance Scale (PSMS) | Control variables |
Dementia severity | Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) | Control variable |
Medication | Medication documentation sheets | Control variable |
Staff | ||
Variable | Instrument/source | Type of variable |
Demographic variables | Single items | Control variables |
Perception of dementia | Attitudes to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ) | Primary outcome |
Job satisfaction | Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) (4 Item Scale) | Secondary outcome |
Burnout | Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) | Secondary outcome |
Dementia-specific burden | BelaDem Questionnaire | Control variables |
Implementation process | ||
Domain | Instrument/source | Type of variable |
Intervention characteristics outer setting, inner setting, characteristics of individuals process of implementation | Interviews with head nurses and staff members | Influencing factor |
Characteristics of individuals | single items of staff questionnaire | Influencing factor |
Inner setting | DIQ questionnaire | Influencing factor |
Inner setting | SYMLOG | Influencing factor |
Process of implementation | Process documents (for example, posters, protocols, mail) | Influencing factor |
Fidelity of implementation | Interviews with head nurses and staff members; single items of staff questionnaire; process documents (posters, protocols, action plans) | Degree of implementation |
Successful implementation of PCC | Resident records | Degree of implementation |
Environmental changes | Dementia Milieu Assessment (DMA) | Degree of implementation |
Cost effectiveness | ||
Domain | Instrument/source | Type of variable |
Resource use | Nursing home administration system | Cost outcome |