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Table 1 Data collection: measures and operationalization of quantitative study

From: Nursing home care for people with dementia and residents' quality of life, quality of care and staff well-being: Design of the Living Arrangements for people with Dementia (LAD) - study

Measure

Operationalization

Living arrangement characteristics

 

Number of residents in living arrangement

Number of residents

Number of residents per living room

Number of residents

Time of existence of living arrangement

Months

Group living home care characteristics

Group living home care questionnaire [2]

Inclusion criteria at admission

Type and number of criteria

Transferring criteria

Type and number of criteria

Education for care staff

Type of education

Technological aids in care and housing

Type and number of aids

Resident characteristics

 

Age

Years

Gender

Male or female

Length of stay

Number of months

Visits from family or friends

Frequency

Stage of dementia

FAST [26]

ADL-dependency

KATZ [28]

Neuropsychiatric symptoms

NPI-Q [41]

Referral (reimbursement)

Euro's

Care staff characteristics

 

Age

Years

Gender

Male or female

Origin

Dutch or other

Educational level

Type of education and level (e.g. level 1 - 5)

Working hours

Hours per week

Employment in profession

Years

Length of service

Years

Staff ratio

 

Direct caregiver

Hours per week per resident

Educational level

Hours per week per educational level per resident

Facilitating services

Fulltime equivalent

Professional services

Fulltime equivalent

Sickness leave

Percentage

Care staff wellbeing

 

Primary outcomes

 

Job satisfaction

Subscale job satisfaction from LQWQ [32]

Burnout complaints

UBOS [33–35]

Secondary outcome

 

Workload

Subscale from LQWQ [32]

Autonomy

Subscale from LQWQ [32]

Social support

Subscale from LQWQ [32]

Quality of care

 

Physical restraints

Type and number of times used per resident

Psychotropic drugs

Type and number of times used per resident

Client satisfaction

CQ-index [25]

Approach to dementia

ADQ [36]

Involvement in activities

Subscale from MDS: RAI [24]

Quality of life

 

Quality of life

QUALIDEM [22, 23]

Pain

Subscale from MDS: RAI [24]